TY - JOUR
T1 - United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives
T2 - Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico
AU - Bustamante, Arturo Vargas
AU - Laugesen, Miriam
AU - Caban, Mabel
AU - Rosenau, Pauline
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - While U.S. health care reform will most likely reduce the overall number of uninsured Mexican-Americans, it does not address challenges related to health care coverage for undocumented Mexican immigrants, who will remain uninsured under the measures of the reform; documented lowincome Mexican immigrants who have not met the five-year waiting period required for Medicaid benefits; or the growing number of retired U.S. citizens living in Mexico, who lack easy access to Medicare-supported services. This article reviews two promising binational initiatives that could help address these challenges-Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico; discusses their prospective applications within the context of U.S. health care reform; and identifies potential challenges to their implementation (legal, political, and regulatory), as well as the possible benefits, including coverage of uninsured Mexican immigrants, and their integration into the U.S. health care system (through Salud Migrante), and access to lower-cost Medicare-supported health care for U.S. retirees in Mexico (Medicare in Mexico).
AB - While U.S. health care reform will most likely reduce the overall number of uninsured Mexican-Americans, it does not address challenges related to health care coverage for undocumented Mexican immigrants, who will remain uninsured under the measures of the reform; documented lowincome Mexican immigrants who have not met the five-year waiting period required for Medicaid benefits; or the growing number of retired U.S. citizens living in Mexico, who lack easy access to Medicare-supported services. This article reviews two promising binational initiatives that could help address these challenges-Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico; discusses their prospective applications within the context of U.S. health care reform; and identifies potential challenges to their implementation (legal, political, and regulatory), as well as the possible benefits, including coverage of uninsured Mexican immigrants, and their integration into the U.S. health care system (through Salud Migrante), and access to lower-cost Medicare-supported health care for U.S. retirees in Mexico (Medicare in Mexico).
KW - Border health
KW - Delivery of health care
KW - Emigrants and immigrants
KW - Insurance, health
KW - Medicare
KW - Mexico
KW - United States
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U2 - 10.1590/S1020-49892012000100011
DO - 10.1590/S1020-49892012000100011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22427168
AN - SCOPUS:84859749452
SN - 1020-4989
VL - 31
SP - 74
EP - 80
JO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
JF - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -