Examining association of avoidance of public programs, delayed access to health care among US immigrants

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Low-income California immigrants who avoided public programs owing to fear of harming their immigration status were twice as likely to delay needed medical care or prescription fills. 

Authors: Joelle Wolstein, Ph.D., M.P.P., of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author. 

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46525)

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