My Health, My Vote: How Voting Saved My Life
By: AJ Titong | As a young Filipina American, I never thought to care about what kind of health insurance I had. All that mattered to me was that I had some kind of coverage.
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By: AJ Titong | As a young Filipina American, I never thought to care about what kind of health insurance I had. All that mattered to me was that I had some kind of coverage.
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Following the Texas U.S. District Court judge’s decision to rule the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) released the following statement: “APIAHF condemns the court’s decision that puts the health of millions of Americans at risk. The judge’s action to strike…
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In this comment letter APIAHF expresses concerns that a number of the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed provisions regarding Medicaid and CHIP managed care would reduce or eliminate critical patient and beneficiary safeguards. Such safeguards are essential to the Medicaid and CHIP programs, which by their program design and purpose, serve vulnerable populations…
Dear Members of Congress, Each year our nation loses $93 billion in avoidable health care costs and $175 billion due to premature deaths stemming directly from racial, ethnic, and other health inequities. Each of these dollars has a human story behind it, such as an African American sickle cell patient encountering bias and discrimination in…