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Those interested in registering for the Mexican government’s Seguro Popular health insurance plan should submit an application.
The Mexican government will extend health coverage services to the immigrant community in the United States as of July as a response to the various laws that afflict the Mexican undocumented immigrant community in the country.
“We are fighting against everything,” said Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova, announcing the kickoff of the pilot program at Mexican consulates in Denver, Sacramento, Chicago, Washington, and San Diego. México plans to extend the program to the rest of the country over the next year and, beginning on July 18, through the website www.seguro-popular.salud.gob.mx. In Denver, contact the Mexican Consulate at 303/331-1110 or www.sre.gob.mx/denver.
“Living in the United States increases the health risks for our citizens,” the government official told delegates from the Institute for Mexicans Abroad.
According to figures provided by the Ministry of Health, while the incidence of AIDS cases in México is 0.3 percent, among Mexicans living in the United States the percentage doubles to 0.6 percent.
In the case of diabetes, the numbers are even more alarming: 7 percent in México compared to 20 percent in the United States.
Those interested in registering for the Mexican government’s Seguro Popular health insurance plan should submit an application at the health desks located at consulates or online, paying a fee—on average $300, but it varies according to socioeconomic status—and the policy will be delivered to the family in their home state.
In the cases of primary care or accidents, the Mexican health system has the support of American authorities so that workers are treated in the United States, regardless of their immigration status; for chronic diseases, they should return to México.
Other options are available through community organizations such as Mujeres Unidas en Acción, in Chicago, which provides advice to immigrant patients who cannot travel to México so they can be
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