Presentation by SHADAC Faculty Dr. Lynn A. Blewett at a Health Policy Management (HPM) Seminar on Research Issues Related to Health Insurance Exchanges at the University of Minnesota on February 20, 2013.

Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Immigrants and Coverage; Affordable Care Act" at the Safe Table Forum:  Health Care Access for Immigrants in Washington State, The Implications and Potential of Health System Reform, held August 23, 2012, in Seattle, WA. 

This presentation provides an overview of citizen/immigrant definitions, estimates of foreign-born by type of immigration status, the impact of ACA coverage expansions, and implications for states and locals safety net programs.

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SHADAC Research Assistant Jessie Kemmick-Pintor and Lynn Blewett published an article in the October 2011 issue of Minnesota Physician as part of the journal’s special focus section on health reform. "Immigrant access to health care" reviews the key provisions of national legislation pertaining to access to care for immigrants.

Using insurance coverage among immigrants to address health care access issues, the authors find that across the U.S. and within Minnesota, non-citizens are four times more likely to be uninsured than their citizen counterparts.

Federal policies have hindered coverage among the immigrant population include.  The authors foresee an increasing reliance on formal and informal safety nets to provide care for uninsured immigrants under the restrictions of the Affordable Care Act. At the same time, less political will and lower state and federal tax revenue is likely to be directed to the safety net.

Citation:

Pintor, J.K. and L.A. Blewett.  "Immigrant access to health care," Minnesota Physician 25(7): 22-23.

Presentation by Sharon Long, "Maintaining Their Mission in Difficult Times:  Key Strategies of Safety Net Hospitals," at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 13, 2011 in Seattle, WA.

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Presentation by Jessie Kemmick-Pintor, "Left Out Under PPACA: Undocumented Immigrants Adults Excluded from Medicaid Expansions" at the NRSA Trainees Research Conference, held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 11, 2011 in Seattle, WA.