A new University of Illinois-Chicago study shows that government funded health insurance for immigrants in Illinois is paying for itself and then some.
The Healthy Illinois Campaign wants to see existing state health insurance programs for immigrant seniors and immigrant adults continued and even expanded. In a study they commissioned from UIC’s Great Cities Institute says funding health care for immigrants, including the undocumented, helps the state.
Lead researcher Matthew Wilson explained why funding health care for immigrants was beneficial.
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