We Cannot Let Them Die

Undocumented Immigrants and Media Framing of Health Deservingness in the United States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4636092
AutoresA Viladrich (0000-0003-4422-7429, Queens College, The Graduate Center and The Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, The City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume29
Fascículo10
Páginas1447-1460
Data de publicação2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732319830426
PMID30907224
OpenAlexW2922946163
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas67

Based on a systematic qualitative analysis of articles published by The New York Times (2009-2017), this article presents the main media frames that support the access to government-sponsored health care by undocumented immigrants, just before and after passage of the U.S. Affordable Care Act in 2010. Under the umbrella of "selective inclusion," this study highlights a "compassionate frame" that conveys sympathy toward severely ill, undocumented immigrants. This approach is reinforced by a "cost-control" frame that underlines the economic benefits of providing health care to the undocumented immigrant population in the United States. Supported by both humane and market-based approaches, these frames make a compelling case for the inclusion of particular groups into the U.S. health care safety net. Ultimately, these findings contribute to our understanding of the media framing of undocumented immigrants' right to health care on the basis of deservingness

Health care · Immigration · Political science · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Sympathy · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma