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Toward better access to health insurance coverage for U.S. retirees in Mexico
- Source :
- Salud Pública de México, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 59-66 (2001)
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Many retirees from the United States of America have limited health insurance coverage while living in Mexico. Medicare and Medicaid benefits are not portable to other countries and Medigap (private insurance that supplements Medicare) is very limited. This causes economic and medical hardships and serves as a barrier to retirement to Mexico. Increasing numbers of U.S. retirees will be interested in moving to Mexico in the future because of the climate, the culture, and the lower cost of living. The numbers are increasing as a result of several factors such as aging “baby boomers” and the rapidly growing Mexican-origin population in the U.S.A. who are citizens or permanent residents but would like to return to their communities of origin after working in the U.S.A. There are several policy initiatives that could provide opportunities for improving health insurance coverage for these retirees that could be cost-effective. The full version of this paper is available too at: http:/ /www.insp.mx/salud/index.html
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
Population
Policy initiatives
Health Services Accessibility
Medigap
health services coverage
Environmental health
Health insurance
Medicine
Humans
Private insurance
education
Life Style
Mexico
health care economics and organizations
Transients and Migrants
education.field_of_study
Retirement
Insurance, Health
business.industry
cost-benefit analysis
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
lcsh:RA1-1270
United States
Socioeconomic Factors
Baby boomers
Lower cost
Medicare Part B
Medicare Part A
business
Medicaid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00363634
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Salud publica de Mexico
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d49500d6402d774dbbf5b7666aaf93a3