Abstract

SANCHEZ-SILLER, Iza María  and  GABARROT-ARENAS, Mariana. Exclusion on Both Sides? An Analysis of Health Policies for Mexican Immigrants in the United States from a Binational Perspective. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.27, pp.147-167. ISSN 1657-7027.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps13-27.edla.

In this work we analyze the access to health services that Mexican immigrants have in the United States and Mexico. We bring up an analysis of the kind of attention, access, rights and restrictions that people have in both countries through a review of the legal and institutional framework, as well as the literature on the subject. This with the purpose of arguing that current health policies, focused on the territoriality of health rights, create a double exclusion for populations of immigrants. On the one hand, the United States migratory policies derive in a progressively more restrictive access; on the other, it is shown how the Mexican health system does not provide real access due to structural, resource, and design limitations. Finally, we explore access alternatives available to immigrants given the current context, establishing several general recommendations for a better inclusion in the future.

Keywords : health; migration; health services; accessibility to health services; health policy; health legislation.

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