Access to health insurance is very limited for immigrants living in the U.S. – both undocumented immigrants and permanent residents. But a new survey has found that many U.S. adults who work on behalf of children think undocumented immigrant children should have access to healthcare equal to that of U.S.-born children.
Almost half (42 percent) of survey respondents said they agree or strongly agree that undocumented children and U.S.-born children should have equal access to healthcare, while 33 percent disagreed or strongly disagreed and 25 percent were unsure.
The survey was conducted as part of the University of Michigan National Voices Project—a five-year study of children's opportunities funded through the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's America Healing Initiative—in partnership with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. The National Voices Project surveys a unique set of people who are particularly qualified to answer questions about children's opportunities—adults who work and/or volunteer with children.
[For more of this story, written by Mary Masson, go to http://medicalxpress.com/news/...re-undocumented.html]
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