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Excess Medical Expenditures Due to Health Inequities Download Source LaVeist, T., Gaskin, D., and P. Richard, “The Economic Burden of Health Inequalities in the United States,” Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, September 2009,
Distribution of U.S. Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2010 and 2050 Download Source U.S. Census Bureau, 2008, Projected Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: July 1, 2000 to July 1, 2050. http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/downloadablefiles.html.
Disparities in Quality of Care for Selected Groups Download Source AHRQ, “National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr11.htm
Disparities in Access to Care for Selected Groups Download Source AHRQ, “National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr11.htm
Citizenship Status of Nonelderly Uninsured, by Race/Ethnicity, 2011 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2012 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
Age-Adjusted Death Rates, by Race/Ethnicity, 2006-2008 Download Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics Report. January 2012. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_04.pdf
Access to and Use of Care for Nonelderly by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU analysis of 2011 NHIS data.
Executive Summary One of the key goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to reduce the number of uninsured through a Medicaid expansion and the creation of health insurance exchange marketplaces with advance premium tax credits to help moderate-income individuals pay for this coverage. Given that people of color are at disproportionate risk of being uninsured and having low incomes, the ACA coverage expansions could particularly benefit communities of color and advance efforts to…
Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid and create new health insurance exchanges that will significantly increase coverage options for citizens and lawfully present immigrants. This brief provides an overview of health coverage for immigrants today and their new coverage options under health reform. Fact Sheet (.pdf)
The Obama administration and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently released blueprints for immigration reform proposals that include a roadmap to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States. Subject to meeting specified requirements, these individuals would be able to apply for a provisional lawful status. After completing an undefined number of years in this status, an individual would then be allowed to apply for lawful permanent residency and,…
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