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Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care

Nearly three million workers earn their living through migrant or seasonal farm labor. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families confront health challenges stemming from the nature of their work, their extreme poverty and mobility, and living and working arrangements that impede access to health coverage and care. This brief provides an overview of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and the health challenges they face and considers options for improving their health coverage and access to care.

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Information provided by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Publication Number: 7314
Publish Date: 2005-05-03

 

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