title: International examples of undocumented immigration and the affordable care act.
abstract: As it stands there is no viable health care option for undocumented immigrants of low socioeconomic status. Even more worrisome is that Affordable Care Act simply does not address this issue with any direct plan. The US is in a very influential time period in terms of undocumented immigration and its relationship with health care. The purpose of this paper is to examine international examples of undocumented immigrant health care and their implications for the United States' undocumented immigrant health care. This study found that physicians in the US must work to prevent the initiation of policies which exclude undocumented immigrants from accessing health care. Exclusionary policies implemented in European nations have had disastrous effects on physicians and patients. This paper examines the implications which similar policies would have if implemented in the US.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 924 E 57th, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA, mstutz@uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stutz
authors.forename: Arshiya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baig
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States
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