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Implications of Mexican health care reform on the health coverage of nonmigrants and returning migrants

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  • Wassink, J.T.

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Objectives. To assess health coverage among Mexicans with US migration experience, before and after the implementation of Mexico's universal health care program, Seguro Popular. Methods. I used data from the 2000 and 2010 Mexican Censuses to generate nationally representative estimates of health coverage among working-age Mexicans by migrant status. Results. In 2000, before the implementation of Seguro Popular, 56% of Mexicans aged 15 to 60 years with no recent US migrations were uninsured compared with 80% of recently returned migrants. By 2010, the proportion uninsured declined from 56% to 35%(-38%) among nonmigrants and from 80% to 54% (-33%) among return migrants. Conclusions. Seguro Popular has increased health coverage among Mexican return migrants, but they remain substantially underinsured. A creative and multifaceted approach likely will be needed to address Mexican immigrants' health care needs.

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  • Wassink, J.T., 2016. "Implications of Mexican health care reform on the health coverage of nonmigrants and returning migrants," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(5), pages 848-850.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2016.303094_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303094
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    1. Joshua Wassink, 2018. "Uninsured migrants: Health insurance coverage and access to care among Mexican return migrants," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 38(17), pages 401-428.
    2. Ana Isabel López García & Pedro P. Orraca-Romano, 2019. "International migration and universal healthcare access: evidence from Mexico’s ‘Seguro Popular’," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(2), pages 171-187, April.

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