Foundation Approaches To U.S.-Mexico Border And Binational Health Funding

Laws, Margaret A.

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.21.4.271

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“…Policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in both the United States and Mexico have examined the transnational flow of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who utilize health care in the United States and in Mexico, and the financing of their dependents’ health care in Mexico (3, 45, 75, 76, 136). Because health care costs in Mexico are 70–90% lower than they are in the United States, cross-border insurance coverage aims to provide more affordable insurance products to uninsured or underinsured Mexican Americans utilizing, at least in part, coverage in Mexico (45, 137).…”

Section: Primary Care Integration and The Health Of Latinosmentioning

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Policy Dilemmas in Latino Health Care and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Ortega

Rodríguez

Bustamante

2015

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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The changing Latino demographic in the United States presents a number of challenges to health care policy makers, clinicians, organizations, and other stakeholders. Studies have demonstrated that Latinos tend to have worse patterns of access to, and utilization of, health care than other ethnic and racial groups. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 may ameliorate some of these disparities. However, even with the ACA, it is expected that Latinos will continue to have problems accessing and using high-quality health care, especially in states that are not expanding Medicaid eligibility as provided by the ACA. We identify four current policy dilemmas relevant to Latinos’ health and ACA implementation: (a) the need to extend coverage to the undocumented; (b) the growth of Latino populations in states with limited insurance expansion; (c) demands on public and private systems of care; and (d) the need to increase the number of Latino physicians while increasing the direct patient-care responsibilities of nonphysician Latino health care workers.

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Section: Primary Care Integration and The Health Of Latinosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Dilemmas in Latino Health Care and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Ortega

Rodríguez

Bustamante

2015

Annu. Rev. Public Health

176

125

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“…Because health care costs in Mexico are 70-90 percent lower than in the United States, cross-border coverage aims to provide more-affordable insurance products to the uninsured Mexicanborn population living in the United States by using, at least in part, coverage in Mexico. 6 California is the only state where health insurance can operate in conjunction with Mexico. This was accomplished through the amendment of the Knox-Keene Act in 1998.…”

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Willingness To Pay For Cross-Border Health Insurance Between The United States And Mexico

Bustamante¹,

Ojeda²,

Castañeda

2008

Health Affairs

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This paper estimates the demand for a binational health plan comprising preventive and ambulatory care in the United States and comprehensive care in Mexico. The results show that 62 percent of the surveyed population were interested in the product, and 57 percent were willing to pay $75-$125 a month if services in Mexico were provided in public hospitals. Only 23 percent were willing to pay $150-$250 a month for the same plan if services in Mexico were offered through private providers. The strongest predictors of willingness to pay were having insured dependents in Mexico and sending them remittances for health purposes.

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“…To implement its migrant health programs, the HRSA relies on the work of 1,612 HRSA‐funded community‐based migrant health centers distributed throughout the United States. It is estimated that HRSA‐funded health center programs serve more than one‐quarter of all migrant and seasonal farm workers in the United States; in 2007 alone, HRSA‐funded migrant health centers served more than 826,977 migrant or seasonal farm workers and their families (HRSA 2007; Laws 2002).…”

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“…Binational Health Insurance is both a public health and a market response to (im)migrant health needs. Not surprisingly, the HIA, in conjunction with the California HealthCare Foundation, was the first group to systematically explore the options for binational health insurance in 1998 (Laws 2002). The Arizona office of the U.S.–Mexico Border Health Commission also sponsored a workshop in 2005 to explore the possibilities of binational health insurance.…”

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North American Integration? Civil Society and Immigrant Health Policy Convergence

Barnes

2011

Politics & Policy

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Post‐North American Free Trade Agreement and post‐9/11, increasing labor mobility combined with tightening security regimes and rising anti‐immigrant sentiment has negatively impacted the health of mobile transnational populations in North America. Public health and immigration researchers have documented the problems faced by migrants and immigrants, including lack of access to health services and increased risk of exposure to infectious disease, work‐related hazards, and violence. This article examines how civil society organizations that serve transnational populations act as drivers for health policy innovation and convergence. The methodology is a comparative case study that combines qualitative methods to analyze data across a range of knowledge domains. The article generates new knowledge about the role of nonstate actors on hemispheric integration and policy convergence. Después del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte y 11/9, la movilidad laboral en aumento junto con el refuerzo de las medidas de seguridad y el creciente sentimiento anti‐inmigrante ha impactado negativamente la salud de la población trasnacional móvil en América del Norte. La salud pública y los investigadores de inmigración han documentado los problemas que enfrentan los migrantes y emigrantes, incluyendo la falta de acceso a los servicios de salud, un mayor riesgo de exposición a las enfermedades infecciosas, riesgos en el trabajo y violencia. Este artíclo examina cómo las organizaciones de la sociedad civil que atienden a las poblaciones transnacionales actúan como motor de la innovación y convergencia. La metodología es un estudio de caso comparativo que combina métodos cualitativos para analizar información a través de una serie de ámbitos del conocimiento. El artículo genera nuevo conocimiento acerca del rol de los actores no‐gubernamentales en la integración hemisférica y la convergencia de políticas.

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Foundation Approaches To U.S.-Mexico Border And Binational Health Funding

Abstract: How foundations are responding to the needs that exist along this 2,000-mile border.

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Policy Dilemmas in Latino Health Care and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Policy Dilemmas in Latino Health Care and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Willingness To Pay For Cross-Border Health Insurance Between The United States And Mexico

North American Integration? Civil Society and Immigrant Health Policy Convergence

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