Chilling Effects on Immigrants’ Health Insurance Coverage After the 2016 Presidential Election

Background Depressed enrollment in public benefits among immigrants and their families may occur due to concerns about deportation and obstacles to permanent residency status related to immigration policies. Methods Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2014 to 2019, we conducted...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022-08, Vol.24 (4), p.819-826
Main Authors: Lambert, R. Frederick, Discepolo, Keri E., Elani, Hawazin W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Children
Citizens
Comparative Law
Deportation
Elections
Enrollments
Health insurance
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
Insurance
Insurance coverage
International & Foreign Law
Low income groups
Medicaid
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Noncitizens
Original Paper
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Presidential elections
Presidents
Private International Law
Public Health
Sociology
Time series
Uninsured people
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Summary:Background Depressed enrollment in public benefits among immigrants and their families may occur due to concerns about deportation and obstacles to permanent residency status related to immigration policies. Methods Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2014 to 2019, we conducted an interrupted time series analysis to estimate Medicaid enrollment, private insurance enrollment, and uninsured rates among low-income non-citizen adults and their children, compared to U.S. citizens before and after the Trump administration entered office in January 2017. Results Compared to U.S. citizen adults, Medicaid enrollment among non-citizen adults decreased and the uninsured rate increased (1.5 percentage points per year, p 
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-022-01349-1