Health Coverage and Care of Undocumented Immigrants

Issue Brief
  1. Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Coverage and Care for Immigrants, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, December 2017), https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/fact-sheet/health-coverage-of-immigrants.

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  2. Jens Manuel Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel, and D’Vera Cohn, 5 Facts About Illegal Immigration in the U.S., (Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, June 2019), https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/12/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

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  3. Ibid.

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  4. Ibid.

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  5. Cindy Mann to State Official and Medicaid Director, August 28, 2012, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, "Re: Individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals," SHO# 12-002, https://www.medicaid.gov/Federal-Policy-Guidance/downloads/SHO-12-002.pdf.

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  6. Tricia Brooks, Lauren Roygardner, and Samantha Artiga, Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2019: Findings from a 50-State Survey, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2019), available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-and-chip-eligibility-enrollment-renewal-and-cost-sharing-policies-as-ofjanuary-2019-findings-from-a-50-state-survey/.

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  7. Ibid.

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  8. Rachel Garfield, Kendal Orgera, and Anthony Damico, The Uninsured and the ACA: A Primer, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2019), https://www.kff.org/report-section/the-uninsured-and-the-aca-a-primer-key-facts-about-health-insurance-and-the-uninsured-amidst-changes-to-the-affordable-care-act-how-does-lack-of-insurance-affect-access-to-care/

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  9. Ibid.

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  10. Lila Flavin, Leah Zallman, Danny McCormick, and J. Wesley Boyd, Medical Expenditures on and by Immigrant Populations in the United States: A Systematic Review, (Boston, MA: Tufts University School of Medicine, 2018), http://www.pnhp.org/docs/ImmigrationStudy_IJHS2018.pdf

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  11. Ibid.

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  12. Ibid.

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  13. Samantha Artiga and Barbara Lyons, Family Consequences of Detention/Deportation: Effects on Finances, Health, and Well-Being, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2018), https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/family-consequences-of-detention-deportation-effects-on-finances-health-and-well-being/.

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  14. Samantha Artiga and Petry Ubri, Living in an Immigrant Family in America: How Fear and Toxic Stress are Affecting Daily Life, Well-Being, & Health, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, December 2017), https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/living-in-an-immigrant-family-in-america-how-fear-and-toxic-stress-are-affecting-daily-life-well-being-health/; Samantha Artiga and Barbara Lyons, Family Consequences of Detention/Deportation: Effects on Finances, Health, and Well-Being (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2018),https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/family-consequences-of-detention-deportation-effects-on-finances-health-and-well-being/; and Hamutal Bernstein, Dulce Gonzalez, Michael Karpman, and Stephen Zuckerman, With Public Charge Rule Looming, One in Seven Adults in Immigrant Families Reported Avoiding Public Benefit Programs in 2018, (Washington, DC: Urban Institute, May 2019), https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/public-charge-rule-looming-one-seven-adults-immigrant-families-reported-avoiding-public-benefit-programs-2018

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  15. Samantha Artiga, Rachel Garfield, and Anthony Damico, Estimated Impacts of the Proposed Public Charge Rule on Immigrants and Medicaid, (Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2018), https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/estimated-impacts-of-the-proposed-public-charge-rule-on-immigrants-and-medicaid/.

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  16. "2019-2020 May Revision to the Governor’s Budget,” State of California Health and Human Services Budget Summary Chapter, Revised May 9, 2019, http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2019-20/pdf/Revised/BudgetSummary/HealthandHumanServices.pdf

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