Joshua T Wassink1. 1. Joshua T. Wassink is with the Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Abstract
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.
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.
Authors: Ana P Martinez-Donate; Niko Verdecias; Xiao Zhang; Gonzalez-Fagoaga Jesús Eduardo; Ahmed A Asadi-Gonzalez; Sylvia Guendelman; Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes; Gudelia Rangel Journal: Med Care Date: 2020-05 Impact factor: 2.983