Health Care Access and Utilization Among U.S. Immigrants Before and After the Affordable Care Act

This study shows that the ACA has closed the coverage gap that previously existed between U.S. citizens and non-citizen immigrants. We find that naturalized citizens, non-citizens with more than 5 years of U.S. residency, and non-citizens with 5 years or less of U.S. residency reduced their probability of being uninsured by 5.81, 9.13, and 8.23%, respectively, in the first 3 years of the ACA. Improvements in other measures of access and utilization were also observed.
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research