Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. Now 87, she's still living in the U.S. without authorization. Like many longtime immigrants, she has worked — and paid taxes, including Medicare taxes — all that time.
KFF Health NewsNov 1 2024 Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. Now 87, she's still living in the U.S. without authorization. Like many longtime immigrants, she has worked — and paid taxes, including Medicare taxes — all that time.
Republicans point to Harris' home state of California's expansion of Medi-Cal coverage to immigrants of all ages regardless of legal status, saying it comes at the expense of American citizens. The issue is top of mind for some Americans. At an Oct. 10 town hall in Las Vegas, an audience member event host Univision identified as Ivett Castillo asked Harris what her administration would do about health care for people like her mother, who had immigrated from Mexico without authorization many years ago, worked her whole life, and died this year without ever receiving "the type of care and service that she needed or deserved.
Even without such policies, immigrants can get free or inexpensive primary care at community clinics throughout the country — assuming they know it's an option and feel safe at the facilities. But primary care can't take care of all medical needs, particularly as people age and develop more complex health problems and chronic illnesses. So immigrants often rely on charity care, go into debt, or, like Sanchez, skimp. Some even return to their home countries for care.
Related StoriesStill, there's enough activity in states to make advocates for immigrant health believe something has shifted. The pandemic's severity and its uneven toll helped build support for covering older immigrants, said Lee Che Leong, the senior policy advocate at Northwest Health Law Advocates in Washington state.
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