California Health Care Foundation 2002 Indian children public insurance
Authors: Health Currents
Publication Year: 2002
Last Updated: 2016-01-19
Journal: California HealthCare Foundation: Health Currents
Keywords: urban Indian, children, children's health, access to care, Medi-Cal, healthy families, barriers to healthcare, barriers, youth
Abstract:
California Health Care Foundation: Health Currents
Publication, Urban Indian Children left Out of Public Insurance Programs May 20, 2002
"According to a new report, which for the first time queried urban California Indians on insurance status, they are woefully underrepresented in two key health care programs for low-income children. The statewide study of urban Indian parents, conducted by researchers at The Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of California, Irvine, found that 45 percent of their children were lacking health insurance, despite the fact that they were eligible to receive medical care under the Medi-Cal or Healthy Families programs. The report identified a number of barriers to enrollment, such as onerous and confusing application processes, Indians' reluctance to sign up for programs that smack of welfare, racially insensitive treatment by state health care employees during signups, and a lack of understanding among urban Indians of the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs."
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