United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México

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 low-income Mexican immig...

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Main Authors: Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Miriam Laugesen, Mabel Caban, Pauline Rosenau
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Spanish
Portuguese
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:921216e5ac914242927f83d652da2afb 2023-05-15T15:19:15+02:00 United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México Arturo Vargas Bustamante Miriam Laugesen Mabel Caban Pauline Rosenau 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/921216e5ac914242927f83d652da2afb EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012000100011 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/921216e5ac914242927f83d652da2afb Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 74-80 (2012) seguro de salud prestación de atención de salud salud fronteriza emigrantes e inmigrantes Medicare México Estados Unidos insurance health delivery of health care border health emigrants and immigrants Mexico United States Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2012 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T14:25:54Z 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 low-income 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). Aunque la reforma del sector sanitario de los Estados Unidos muy probablemente reducirá el número global de ciudadanos estadounidenses de origen mexicano sin cobertura de atención de la salud, esta reforma no afronta los problemas relacionados con esta cobertura para los inmigrantes mexicanos indocumentados, quienes seguirán sin tener seguro aun tras la aplicación de las medidas de la reforma; para los inmigrantes mexicanos documentados de bajos ingresos que no han cumplido el período de espera de cinco años requerido para recibir las prestaciones de Medicaid; o para el número cada vez mayor de ciudadanos estadounidenses jubilados que viven en México y no pueden acceder con facilidad a los servicios de Medicare. En este artículo se analizan dos iniciativas binacionales prometedoras que podrían ayudar a afrontar estos retos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México. Se tratan además sus futuras aplicaciones dentro del contexto de la reforma ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Bajos ENVELOPE(-56.317,-56.317,-63.467,-63.467) Aun ENVELOPE(16.350,16.350,68.867,68.867)
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Spanish
Portuguese
topic seguro de salud
prestación de atención de salud
salud fronteriza
emigrantes e inmigrantes
Medicare
México
Estados Unidos
insurance
health
delivery of health care
border health
emigrants and immigrants
Mexico
United States
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle seguro de salud
prestación de atención de salud
salud fronteriza
emigrantes e inmigrantes
Medicare
México
Estados Unidos
insurance
health
delivery of health care
border health
emigrants and immigrants
Mexico
United States
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Miriam Laugesen
Mabel Caban
Pauline Rosenau
United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
topic_facet seguro de salud
prestación de atención de salud
salud fronteriza
emigrantes e inmigrantes
Medicare
México
Estados Unidos
insurance
health
delivery of health care
border health
emigrants and immigrants
Mexico
United States
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
description 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 low-income 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). Aunque la reforma del sector sanitario de los Estados Unidos muy probablemente reducirá el número global de ciudadanos estadounidenses de origen mexicano sin cobertura de atención de la salud, esta reforma no afronta los problemas relacionados con esta cobertura para los inmigrantes mexicanos indocumentados, quienes seguirán sin tener seguro aun tras la aplicación de las medidas de la reforma; para los inmigrantes mexicanos documentados de bajos ingresos que no han cumplido el período de espera de cinco años requerido para recibir las prestaciones de Medicaid; o para el número cada vez mayor de ciudadanos estadounidenses jubilados que viven en México y no pueden acceder con facilidad a los servicios de Medicare. En este artículo se analizan dos iniciativas binacionales prometedoras que podrían ayudar a afrontar estos retos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México. Se tratan además sus futuras aplicaciones dentro del contexto de la reforma ...
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Miriam Laugesen
Mabel Caban
Pauline Rosenau
author_facet Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Miriam Laugesen
Mabel Caban
Pauline Rosenau
author_sort Arturo Vargas Bustamante
title United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
title_short United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
title_full United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
title_fullStr United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
title_full_unstemmed United States-Mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: Salud Migrante and Medicare in Mexico Iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre México y los Estados Unidos: Salud Migrante y Medicare en México
title_sort united states-mexico cross-border health insurance initiatives: salud migrante and medicare in mexico iniciativas transfronterizas de seguro de salud entre méxico y los estados unidos: salud migrante y medicare en méxico
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