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Effect of US health policies on health care access for Marshallese migrants

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  • McElfishms, P.A.
  • Hallgren, E.
  • Yamada, S.

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The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a sovereign nation previously under the administrative control of the United States. Since 1986, the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) between the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the United States allows Marshall Islands citizens to freely enter, lawfully reside, and work in the United States, and provides the United States exclusive military control of the region. When the COFA was signed, COFA migrants were eligible for Medicaid and other safety net programs. However, these migrants were excluded from benefits as a consequence of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Currently, COFA migrants have limited access to health care benefits in the United States, which perpetuates health inequalities. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • McElfishms, P.A. & Hallgren, E. & Yamada, S., 2015. "Effect of US health policies on health care access for Marshallese migrants," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(4), pages 637-643.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302452_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302452
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    1. Timothy J. Halliday & Randall Q. Akee, 2020. "The impact of Medicaid on medical utilization in a vulnerable population: Evidence from COFA migrants," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(10), pages 1231-1250, October.
    2. Timothy J. Halliday & Tetine Sentell & Megan Inada & Randall Q. Akee & Jill Miyamura, 2019. "The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants," Working Papers 201905, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
    3. Britni L. Ayers & Rachel S. Purvis & Alexis White & Sheena CarlLee & Jennifer A. Andersen & Cari A. Bogulski & Pearl A. McElfish, 2022. "Best of Intentions: Influential Factors in Infant Feeding Intent among Marshallese Pregnant Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-13, February.
    4. Megan Hagiwara & Deborah Taira Juarez & Seiji Yamada & Jill Miyamura & Tetine Sentell, 2015. "Inpatient Hospitalization Costs: A Comparative Study of Micronesians, Native Hawaiians, Japanese, and Whites in Hawai‘i," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
    5. Britni L. Ayers & Rachel S. Purvis & Jennifer Callaghan-Koru & Sharon Reece & Sheena CarlLee & Nirvana Manning & Krista Langston & Sheldon Riklon & Pearl A. McElfish, 2023. "Marshallese Mothers’ and Marshallese Maternal Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Life Planning Practices and Influences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-14, February.
    6. Rachel Suss & Madison Mahoney & Kendall J Arslanian & Kate Nyhan & Nicola L Hawley, 2022. "Pregnancy health and perinatal outcomes among Pacific Islander women in the United States and US Affiliated Pacific Islands: Protocol for a scoping review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-26, January.

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