While immigrants are credited with helping to fuel the nation's long economic expansion, they aren't sharing in all the benefits, particularly health benefits.
Country of origin makes a big difference.
Immigrants from Central America, Haiti, Vietnam, and Korea are most likely to lack coverage. Physicians for a National Health Program was founded in 1987 and has over 9,000 members nationwide. PNHP's proposals for health reform have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.