The Pros And Cons Of Uninsured Immigrants

Pregnant women and children who are within five years of obtaining a certain legal status will be considered for Medicaid and CHIP program. However, illegal immigrants are not eligible for any form of health insurance plan. Most of the uninsured population is made up of the young and healthy. It could have been cheap to insure the young and the healthy. In that regard the uninsured immigrant population is made of the young and the healthy. In that manner health insurance premiums could be lowered and thus benefit everyone who is covered under the provision of the Affordable Care Act (Capps, 2014; Medicaid, 2015).
Many of the unauthorized and uninsured immigrants do work in dangerous and high risk environments. In that case, there are high chances
that uninsured immigrants will seek more of the preventive and primary healthcare services. They have been reported to account for a significant number of sick individuals in the emergency rooms around the country (Capps, 2014).
Implications for Stakeholders
The Medicaid has had millions of Americans who have subscribed to it. Many immigrants utilize healthcare insurance benefits. States have had to devise ways to provide health insurance cover to illegal immigrants. Poor coordination issues have led to poor quality of service issues and poor health service outcomes. Dual enrollees for the Medicaid – Medicare programs will receive benefits for both programs. Stakeholders need to seek for strong political will and support for the Medicaid program (Medicaid, 2015; Capps, 2014; NILC, 2014).
Undocumented immigrants access healthcare services less than U.S. born citizens. In addition the U.S. born citizens and naturalized citizens are still the leading group of individuals