Effect of US health policies on health care access for Marshallese migrants

P.A. McElfishms, E. Hallgren and S. Yamada

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 4, 637-643

Abstract: The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a sovereign nation previously under the administrative control of the United States. Since 1986, the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) between the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the United States allows Marshall Islands citizens to freely enter, lawfully reside, and work in the United States, and provides the United States exclusive military control of the region. When the COFA was signed, COFA migrants were eligible for Medicaid and other safety net programs. However, these migrants were excluded from benefits as a consequence of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Currently, COFA migrants have limited access to health care benefits in the United States, which perpetuates health inequalities. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: ethnology; Federated States of Micronesia; health care delivery; health care policy; health disparity; human; legislation and jurisprudence; medicaid; migration; organization and management; Radiation Injuries; United States, Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Medicaid; Micronesia; Radiation Injuries; Transients and Migrants; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302452

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