Health insurance and uninsured
(Seguro de salud y no asegurados)
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Tools
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- Insure Kids Now!
Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Funding
(Financiamiento)
- Alliance Healthcare Foundation Grants
Alliance Healthcare Foundation focuses on improving the healthcare delivery system for the medically under-served in San Diego County.
Geographic Coverage: San Diego County California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- The Nathan Cummings Foundation Health Program Grants
Provides grants to improve health and well-being. Programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Publications
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Border Report: A Status Report On The Health Of People In El Paso County, Texas And Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Presents selected health information on two communities in the U.S. - Mexico border region. Information is based on the 2005 Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone-based survey of randomly-selected adults. The survey gathered information about many health conditions and personal behaviors that affect health across the United States.
Sponsoring organization: Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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Disparities in Health Coverage, Access, and Quality: The Impact of Citizenship Status and Language on Low-Income Immigrants
Examines roles of race/ethnicity, citizenship, and language on insurance coverage, access to care, and quality of care, with a particular focus on the low-income Latino population.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in "New Growth Communities" and "Major Hispanic Centers"
Describes health insurance coverage and access to health care for Hispanics as the Hispanic population grows and moves beyond urban centers to rural and smaller urban communities. Compares Hispanics with non-Hispanic whites in these communities.
Author(s): Peter Cunningham, Michelle Banker, Samantha Artiga, Jennifer Tolbert
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 09 / 2006
Format: PDF
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Health Insurance Status of Hispanic Subpopulations in 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65
Examines public and private insurance coverage among Hispanics overall and among three subgroups - Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and "other Hispanics." While more than one-third of Hispanics under 65 years of age do not have health insurance, the portion without insurance among those who are not U.S. citizens is far larger - nearly two-thirds.
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades, Jessica P. Vistnes
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 09 / 2006
Format: PDF
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Immigrants and Public Benefits: Health Care
Reports on the study done by a coalition of U.S.-Mexico counties on the costs incurred by those counties in providing uncompensated healthcare.
Sponsoring organization: National Immigration Law Center
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: HTML
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Immigrants in the U.S. Health Care System: Five Myths That Misinform the American Public
Dispels myths about immigrants' place in the U.S. health care system that misinform the debate over immigration.
Author(s): Meredith L. King
Sponsoring organization: Center for American Progress
Date: 06 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey. Includes state level data.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Date: 08 / 2008
Format: PDF
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Date: 09 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Medical Emergency: Who Pays the Price for Uncompensated Emergency Medical Care Along the Southwest Border?
A report on uncompensated emergency health care along the southwest border the prepared by MGT of America for the U.S. Mexico Border Counties Coalition.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 09 / 2002
Format: HTML
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Mexico - United States Migration Health Issues
Describes the volume, trends, and characteristics of Mexican migration to the United States. Addresses specific topics on migrant health, such as the availability of medical insurance coverage, the main ailments this population suffers, access to and use of medical services, and the main political challenges.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Services
Date: 10 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook
Presents evidence linking racial and ethnic health disparities to the overall performance of local health care systems.
Author(s): Holly Mead, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Karen Jones, Christal Ramos, Kristy Woods, Bruce Siegel,
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 03 / 2008
Format: HTML
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Reducing Health Disparities in Health Coverage for Legal Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
Discusses the disparities in health insurance coverage between citizen and immigrant children, which was large a decade ago and has grown
significantly larger.
Author(s): Leighton Ku
Sponsoring organization: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date: 04 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Strategies for Improving Latino Healthcare in America: Report of The Latino Healthcare Taskforce
Provides an overview of Latinos in America. Reports on a number of healthcare strategies and recommendations for improving Latino healthcare along with supporting information.
Author(s): Glenn Melnick, Lois Green, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Latino Coalition
Date: 09 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The U.S. Health Care Divide: Disparities in Primary Care Experiences by Income: Findings From the Commonwealth Fund 2004 International Health Policy Survey
Discusses the findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2004 International Health Policy Survey, which studied adults in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Report finds a wide health care divide by income.
Author(s): Phuong Trang Huynh, Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Alyssa L. Holmgren
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 04 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The U.S./Mexico Border: Health Care Access and Resource Profile II
Identifies, describes, and provides statistics on the status of insurance coverage and health resources and access in the U.S. Mexico Border region.
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The Unique Challenges to the Well-Being of California’s Border Kids
Presents indicators of children’s health, education, and economic wellbeing for communities on the California side of the California-Mexico border
Author(s): Heather Barondess, Corey Newhouse
Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
Date: 06 / 2007
Format: PDF
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