Immigrants and health care reform

Changes in regulations governing the Health Safety Net and publicly funded health insurance programs have particular importance for immigrants. In November 2007, Carly Burton of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition discussed the impact of health care reform on immigrants' benefit options with participants of Health Access Network meetings in Boston and Amherst.

Click here for:

• notes from the presentation "Immigrants and Health Care Reform," including questions and answers (PDF)
• a copy of the presentation (PDF)

Other resources:

• a one-page explanation of Public Charge, or more detailed information about the Public Charge policy (PDF)
• information about Individual Tax Identification Numbers
• information about Temporary Protected Status from the federal government
• information about PRUCOL status (Persons Permanently Residing Under Color Of Law) (PDF)
• a Noncitizen Resource Brochure with a list of non-governmental organizations compiled by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (PDF)