El tratamiento diferencial de los inmigrantes cubanos y mexicanos en el sistema de salud pública de Estados Unidos
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https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472X.1215Palabras clave:
salud pública, Estados Unidos, inmigrantes, cubanos, mexicanosResumen
Se examina la participación del sistema de salud pública de Estados Unidos en una construcción social más amplia, de los inmigrantes cubanos como dignos y de los mexicanos como indignos de los beneficios de la salud pública. Se muestra que la privatización acrecentó la preocupación sobre qué grupos sociales son “dignos” de los beneficios públicos. En particular, se expone la adopción por parte de Nuevo México de un sistema de salud privado para sus receptores de Medicaid, que llevó a un hospital público a desarrollar categorías detalladas de sujetos “indignos”, con el fin de racionar el servicio. Ya que los países Latinoamericanos adoptan cada vez más las reformas neoliberales a sus sistemas de salud, el análisis de sus efectos materiales y discursivos en Nuevo México tiene importancia también para la oferta de salud más allá de las fronteras.
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