Access to Health Care Summit - March 31st, 2010

The Bernalillo County Community Health Council is holding a summit on access to health care for people who are immigrants to the Unites States and do not have documentation.  The community has identified this as a priority so the Council, as a neutral convener will be holding a summit on March 31st, 2010.  The Council will develop a report with a summary of the work and a clear action plan for us and our community partners to continue to address this issue. 

Please read these documents in preparation for the summit:

1. Myths and Realities Fact Sheet

2. Primary Health Care and Community Oriented Primary Care

3. Estimated Undocumented Population in Bernalillo County

4. ¿Puerta Abierta o Puerta Cerrada? Citizenship, Health Care, and Welfare Reform in New Mexico by Lisa Cacari Stone and Ana Guillermina Quiroz-Gibson

Here are some additional readings if you have the time and interest:  

1. Immigrants in the U.S. Healthcare System, Center for American Progress, 2007

2. Primary Healthcare WHO report 2008

3. SJM 52 report

4.. Pew Hispanic Center Report 2009

5. Pew Hispanic Center Report 2005

6. Collateral Damage: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Raids By Travis Packer, Immigration Impact Posted on February 23, 2010, Printed on February 24, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/145776/

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Links and Documents 

1. Eligibility Table

2. Policy Brief(2006)

3. Brochure on Public Benefits for Immigrants

4.  http://www.nmpovertylaw.org/hospital_access.html

5. http://www.nmpovertylaw.org/ABQ%20Journal%20Article%20on%20UNMH%20Public%20Hearing.htm

6. http://www.nmpovertylaw.org/Article%20on%20Interpretation%20at%20UNMH%20New%20Mexican.htm

Information Corner Posters

•  Voices Beyond
• Summary of Immigrant Interviews
• Estimated Population by State
• Family Composition of Undocumented Population
• Undocumented Adults without Insurance
• Undocumented Children without Insurance