title: Implications of Mexican Health Care Reform on the Health Coverage of Nonmigrants and Returning Migrants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess health coverage among Mexicans with US migration experience, before and after the implementation of Mexico's universal health care program, Seguro Popular.
  
  
  METHODS
  I used data from the 2000 and 2010 Mexican Censuses to generate nationally representative estimates of health coverage among working-age Mexicans by migrant status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2000, before the implementation of Seguro Popular, 56% of Mexicans aged 15 to 60 years with no recent US migrations were uninsured compared with 80% of recently returned migrants. By 2010, the proportion uninsured declined from 56% to 35% (-38%) among nonmigrants and from 80% to 54% (-33%) among return migrants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seguro Popular has increased health coverage among Mexican return migrants, but they remain substantially underinsured. A creative and multifaceted approach likely will be needed to address Mexican immigrants' health care needs.
authors.affiliation: Joshua T. Wassink is with the Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Joshua T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wassink
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D019472:Universal Health Insurance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult