Healthy People - Lifting the 5-year ban on Medicaid privileges for U.S. Green Card Holders10/22/2015  Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are conditions that can be avoided and controlled adequately. However, the number of people with these conditions is still unacceptably high in the U.S., especially among the most disadvantaged groups. Many contributing factors have been identified in the literature such as the lack of insurance benefits and access to care. As evidenced in the literature, individuals without health insurance are more susceptible to not being diagnosed and treated for high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia. Considering the status quo on the disqualification of immigrants during their first 5 years of residency in the U.S. for Medicaid benefits, researchers looked into the national data to determine what degree of probability existed for these immigrants to becoming uncontrollably hypertensive and hyperlipidemic.
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Mickelder Kercy, M.D. M.S.I learned about the art and science of medicine and was introduced to the community and population-based aspects of public health at the Université Notre Dame d'Haiti. My early practical interventions in the field of public health during medical residency in Haiti fostered my interest in pursuing additional academic training in public health. At Columbia University in the City of New York, I specialized in Public Health with a minor focus on Community Health Education. My special interest is in non-communicable chronic diseases, and the social-ecological approach to health education and promotion in secular and faith-based communities. 
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