Low-income immigrants use public benefits like Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) at a lower rate than low-income native-born citizens. Many immigrants are ineligible for public benefits because of their immigration status....

Newly arrived immigrants to the United States typically have lower incomes than similar age native-born counterparts when they arrive, but the immigrant-native gap gradually closes as the immigrants remain for a longer time, improving their job skills, English proficiency and social capital....

Reviews projects in TN, HI, RI, OK, and MD, where there were large expansions of Medicaid managed care implemented through Section 1115 demonstration waivers. Notes that the projects were controversial and chaotic in the beginning but have matured with time and that Tennessee's expansion reduced...

Describes trends in expenditures on medical benefits and on program administration in the five study states and compares them to those in the nation as a whole. Notes that there is no clear evidence that the demonstrations had a dramatic impact on expenditures in any of the states. Expenditures...