Binational Health Week targets immigrant health needs

“Mexico, like all countries, has its problems providing health care to its residents. But insuring all residents isn’t one of them.

In Mexico health care is available to everybody — a kind of health care-for-all system that many medical providers wish we had here in the United States. When Mexican nationals come to work in the United States, they don’t always know what kind of health care services are available to them, where health services may be accessed, or what coverage they are entitled to as workers. Language and cultural differences can be intimidating, and they may be fearful of jeopardizing their future citizenship status by asking for help.”

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