Public Externalities of Universal Health Care Access: Covering the Excluded Saves the Lives of Those Already Insured

Tatiana Hiller, Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco and Sandra Rozo

No 11486, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: In January 2022, Colombia moved nearly two million Venezuelan migrants from emergency care alone to full health coverage. Mortality fell among Colombians, who were already insured.

Date: 2026-10-27
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