Ortega, Adrianne. "And Health Care For All: Immigrants In The Shadow of The Promise OF Universal Health Care.". American Journal of Law and Medicine[serial on the internet].(2009,Mar),[cited March 10, 2011];35(1):185-204. Academic Search Premier.
This article gives an argument for extending medicare coverage to non-citizens, and to allow non-citizens to purchase employer-based insurance coverage. If the US passes universal health care coverage, congress should repeal the prohibitions of the Welfare Reform Act to allow this to happen. Ortega gives an extensive argument for extending health care coverage to non-citizens, she gives an overview of the uninsured non-citizen population and the goals of the US health care policy. Ortega states, "Legislation guaranteeing affordable and accessible health care coverage for all should provide affirmative health care coverage for immigrants." Ortega provides a background of current health care laws, and the burdens caused by federal legislation. She argues that excluding immigrants from public health services has created a burden on states and hospitals without any evidence of actually deterring illegal immigration.
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