Studies from New York University (NYU) Further Understanding of Managed Care (Public Health Insurance Coverage for Immigrants During Pregnancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: a Discussion of Relevant Policies and Evidence): Managed Care

2025 APR 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Managed Care is now available. According to news reporting originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Despite major expansions in public health insurance under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program over the last 60 years, many immigrants remain ineligible for coverage. The authors discuss the existing federal and state policies that extend public health eligibility to low-income pregnant immigrants, children, and nonelderly adults.”

Financial support for this research came from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from New York University (NYU), “They also conduct a literature review and summarize quasi-experimental evidence examining the impact of public health insurance eligibility expansions on insurance coverage, health care use, and health outcomes among immigrants. Public health insurance eligibility for immigrants varies widely across states because of the implementation of different federal and state policy options. Previous studies on expanded eligibility identified positive effects on insurance coverage and health care utilization among pregnant and child immigrants as well as some evidence indicating improved health outcomes. Additional research is required to understand the longer-term impacts of expanded coverage and to examine impacts of recent state expansions for adults. A complicated patchwork of federal and state policies leads to major differences in immigrant access to publicly funded insurance coverage across states and population groups.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These policies likely have important implications for immigrant access to health care and health.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Public Health Insurance Coverage for Immigrants During Pregnancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: a Discussion of Relevant Policies and Evidence. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2025;50(2):283-306. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law can be contacted at: Duke Univ Press, 905 W Main St, Ste 18-B, Durham, NC 27701, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Laura R. Wherry, New York University (NYU), Robert F Wagner Grad Sch, Econ & Publ Serv, New York, NY 10012, United States. Additional authors for this research include Rachel E. Fabi and Maria W. Steenland.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-11567684. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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