Mexican American immigrants and health insurance under the ACA

This research is an analysis of the health insurance coverage of foreign-born Mexican population in the United States. Native-born Mexican Americans and native-born non-Hispanic whites are also analyzed to determine the extent to which foreign-born Mexicans differ in health insurance coverage. Data from the 2013-2014 NHANES was used to perform logistic regressions on each of these subpopulations of native-born Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. The results show that Mexican American immigrants are less likely to be covered by health insurance compared to the other subpopulations in the study. Age above 65 years old was associated with increased odds of having health insurance coverage. Citizenship and living in the U.S. for 5 to 10 years or 10 to 30 years reduced the odds of being insured. These results show that policymakers will need to consider the needs specific to the foreign-born Mexican population in the U.S. if they wish to increase their overall wellbeing.