International Examples of Undocumented Immigration and the Affordable Care Act

Stutz, Matthew R; Baig, Arshiya A.

doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9790-z

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“…Our study also added additional empirical support for the vital role of health insurance—especially public health insurance (e.g., Medicaid)—on MHC utilization for both foreign‐born adults and U.S.‐born adults. For the nationwide mental health prevention and treatment, we propose to expand Medicaid eligibility to recent immigrants and grant them access to the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces (Stutz & Baig, ); also, to expand the eligibility of Medicaid is certainly advisable in the non‐Medicaid expansion states under the Affordable Care Act (Jacobs & Callaghan, ).…”

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A Comparative Study of Mental Health Care Utilization Between Foreign‐born Adults and U.S.‐BORN Adults

Guo

Cheng

2017

Journal Community Psychology

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This secondary data analysis of 4,341 adults examined and compared factors associated with mental health service utilization between U.S.‐born adults and foreign‐born adults. Logistic regression was used to investigate how participants’ mental health care use was associated with (a) predisposing factors, (b) enabling resources, and (c) perceived mental health needs. Two patterns of mental health care utilization were identified based on adults’ nativity statuses in our study. The findings show that the likelihood of foreign‐born adults’ mental health care use associates positively with education, public health insurance coverage, and depression, but such likelihood associated negatively with Asian ethnicity and male gender; compared to the likelihood of U.S.‐born adults’ mental health care use associates positively with education, perceived general mental health condition, depression, and drug abuse, but such likelihood associated negatively with age. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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A Comparative Study of Mental Health Care Utilization Between Foreign‐born Adults and U.S.‐BORN Adults

Guo

Cheng

2017

Journal Community Psychology

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“…These practices have been shown to be deleterious to the health of undocumented immigrants and result in increased health costs. 20,21 Provision of healthcare to immigrants is often met with concern for over-utilization of healthcare resources and excessive cost. However, undocumented immigrants tend to use the healthcare system less and have lower associated health costs than native citizens in the USA.…”

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