Federal Preemption and Immigrants' Rights

Human rights and immigrants' access to care.

Although the human right to health is well established under international law, many states limit non-citizens' participation in public insurance programs. In the United States, immigrants face especially high barriers due to the lack of recognition of a broad right to health as well as federal statutes restricting many immigrants' eligibility to federally-funded insurance. High rates of uninsu...

Federal preemption of state regulation over air ambulances.

The role of federal preemption in injury prevention litigation.

Against a Federal Patients' Bill of Rights

Access to health care for undocumented immigrants: rights and practice.

The purpose of this article is to analyse undocumented immigrants' right to access to health care and their access in practice. Undocumented immigrants have a right to equal access to health care. Access to more than emergency health care in Denmark is dependent on immigration status. Medical doctors' duty to treat does not apply to non-emergency health needs, and the options existing in this s...