Borders of Care: Immigrants, Migrants, and the Fight for Health Care in the United States

by Beatrix Hoffman

Probes the relationship between the immigration and health care systems in the United States.

For the roughly ten million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, federal health care coverage is out of reach. Barred from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, most rely on hospital emergency rooms when they get sick, or clinics that don't inquire about immigration status. Further obstacles to health care, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226820866
• ISBN13: 9780226820866
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages