During the first enrollment period, APIAHF and three other national organizations came together to establish Action for Health Justice, a partnership of over 70 community-based organizations and Federally Qualified Health Centers in 22 states created to maximize enrollment for AAs and NHPIs. We submit these comments based on the experiences and lessons learned from our…
COFA Migrants and Our National Security Since 1986, the Compacts of Free Association (COFA) have defined the relationship between the United States and the independent governments of the Freely Associated States (FAS) including: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. Under the Compact, in exchange for…
Dr. Vivek Murthy is President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General. Despite having two decades of experience and backing by the leading public health and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups, Dr. Murthy’s nomination is being held up in the Senate over political attacks. Dr. Murthy was voted out of committee on February 27,…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents a historic opportunity to provide affordable, quality health insurance and coverage to millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans. Many organizations and collaboratives, including Action for Health Justice, have been actively involved in implementing the ACA across the country. This brief highlights some of the major barriers…
Action for Health Justice (AHJ) consists of four national organizations (Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles), and over 70 community-based organizations and Federally Qualified Heath Centers. In addition, Zero Divide acts as AHJ’s…
Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities are often thought to be successful and face fewer hardships than American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), Black, White, and Hispanic and Latino communities. While this may appear to be true in certain jurisdictions when AA and NHPI data is considered collectively, it is…
Over 268,760 people live in the U.S. Territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Located in the Pacific and about 8,000 miles from the continental United States at its farthest, residents of these jurisdictions face higher rates of uninsurance and serious health disparities such as high rates of cervical, lung,…
There is a new way for you to shop and apply for affordable health insurance in the Marketplace created by health reform (also known as “Obamacare”). What is the Marketplace? The Washington Healthplanfinder provides an easy way to get health insurance that is the best fit for you. You can look at different health plans,…
There is a new way for you to shop and apply for affordable health insurance in the Marketplace created by health reform (also known as “Obamacare”). What is the Marketplace? The Marketplace provides an easy way to get health insurance that is the best fit for you. You can look at different health plans, compare…
There is a new way for you to shop and apply for affordable health insurance in the Marketplace created by health reform (also known as “Obamacare”). What is the Marketplace? The Marketplace provides an easy way to get health insurance that is the best fit for you. You can look at different health plans, compare…
