The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. We believe in health justice and work with community advocates, public health leaders and policymakers to generate policy and systems changes that benefit our communities at the national, state and local levels. With the upcoming Presidential election, this document compares the candidates’ health care platforms against our policy priorities of health care access, health care quality, data and research, and health equity. Where possible, population estimates of the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are provided. This was done with the understanding that Governor Romney’s platform is more conceptual than the ACA, and population estimates are unavailable at this time.
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