QUESTION
What insurance and access to healthcare are provided to asylum seekers and migrants in New York City?
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Asylum seekers and migrants may be eligible for various healthcare programs depending on their immigration status, including free vaccinations for children under the federal Vaccines for Children program.
- Eligibility for health programs varies with immigration status.
- The federal Vaccines for Children program is key for providing free childhood vaccinations.
- Children eligible for Medicaid, uninsured or underinsured, Native American or Alaskan Native, or enrolled in Child Health Plus B can receive free vaccinations.
- Approximately 75% of New York City children are eligible for this program, with 1300 participating providers.
Joann Ariola
0:37:49
So what we've been hearing that you're discussing is that there's insurance and then there's no access what insurance are the asylum seekers and migrants receiving once they they come into our system?
Dr. Celia Quinn
0:38:00
So depending on people's immigration status, they may be eligible for a variety of different programs.
0:38:06
Specifically, in terms of childhood vaccinations, our most important access program is the federal vaccines children program.
0:38:12
So that is a federally funded program, and it enables us to provide free vaccinations to children who are eligible for Medicaid.
0:38:20
Uninsured or underinsured, native American or alaskan native, or enrolled in child health plus b.
0:38:25
So like baseline, 75% of children in New York City are eligible for vaccines for children, and they're receiving those vaccines through a lot of providers in New York City who are enrolled in our PFC program.
0:38:37
We have about 1300 participating providers.
0:38:40
1300 participating providers.