Undoc­u­mented Immi­grants and Health Care in the United States

When they get sick, more than 11 mil­lion res­i­dents of the United States con­front two flawed sys­tems: immi­gra­tion and health care. Through this research project, The Hast­ings Cen­ter is explor­ing the con­se­quences of exclud­ing undoc­u­mented immi­grants and migrants from obtain­ing health insur­ance under the Patient Pro­tec­tion and Afford­able Care Act of 2010 and the con­tin­u­ing exclu­sion of this pop­u­la­tion from Med­ic­aid cov­er­age and most other enti­tle­ment programs.