New Publications on Immigrant Health Care and Linguistic Access
In 2000, there were over 32 million foreign-born residents in the U.S. Immigrants often face barriers to health coverage and health services.
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Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: An Overview of Current Legal Rights and Responsibilities
ReportIn order to ensure access to care for limited English proficient residents, there are a number of federal and state laws and policies that compel publicly funded health care programs and activities to provide language access.
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Disparities in Health Coverage, Access, and Quality: The Impact of Citizenship Status and Language on Low-Income Immigrants
Issue BriefThis brief policy analysis examines the relative roles of race/ethnicity, citizenship, and language on insurance coverage, access to care, and quality of care, with a particular focus on the low-income Latino population. Brief Policy Analysis (.
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How Race/Ethnicity, Immigration Status, and Language Affect Health Insurance Coverage, Access to and Quality of Care Among the Low-Income Population
ReportThis report examines the roles that race, language and citizenship status play in insurance coverage, access to health care and quality of health care, particularly for the low-income Latino population.
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Is Lack of Coverage a Short- or Long-Term Condition?
Issue BriefThis paper produces alternative estimates of the numbers of uninsured and explores the distribution of the duration of uninsured spells for people who lacked coverage at some time during a 12-month period.
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Women’s Access to Care: A State-Level Analysis of Key Health Policies
ReportWomen's Access to Care: A State-Level Analysis of Key Health Policies State policies play a critical role in shaping women's access to health care. With authority over several important policy issues and the power to legislate, regulate, and enact programs that address women's needs, state policymakers have tackled several issues of importance to women.
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The Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured: Project Highlights
Other PostThe Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured: Project Highlights This brief summarizes the Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured Project's first three analyses and reports by Jack Hadley and John Holahan of The Urban Institute.
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Covering the Uninsured: How Much Would It Cost? Statistical Appendix
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Welfare, Women and Health: The Role of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Issue BriefThis issue brief reflects on lessons learned from research about the connection between welfare policies and low-income women's health. The brief discusses the multiple aspects of the TANF program that can influence women's health and well-being, including access to health insurance, work requirements and training options, links to health care services, and reproductive health provisions.
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Study on the Consequences of Uninsurance Featured in a New Journal Supplement
Other PostA June 2003 supplement of Medical Care Research and Review presents a compelling case that health insurance does lead to improved health and better access to care. The supplement, with Thomas Rice as guest editor, includes four commentaries on the topic by John Ayanian, Stuart Butler, Karen Davis, and Richard Kronick.