Immigration and Health care are hotly debated and contentious issues.
Despite the fact that immigrants are typically younger and healthier than natives, and that many immigrants play a vital role as care-givers in their new lands, native citizens are often reluctant to extend basic Health care to immigrants, choosing instead to let them suffe.
Policies that relate to both issues--to the Health of newcomers--often reflect misimpressions about immigrants, and their impact on Health care systems.
Immigration and Health care are hotly debated and contentious issues