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Written Statement for the Record for the Hearing Entitled "Markup: Budget Reconciliation Recommendations to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

March 2017Testimony and Comments

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) submits this written testimony for the record for the March 8, 2017 markup of the “American Health Care Act” before the House Committee on Ways and Means entitled “Markup: Budget Reconciliation Recommendations to Repeal and Replace Obamacare.” APIAHF is a national health justice organization that influences…

If the Affordable Care Act is Repealed Infographic

February 2017Infographics

If the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed, 20 million Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAs and NHPIs) will lose coverage. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has substantially improved access to both coverage and care for 20 million Americans, including millions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI). These…

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Written Statement for the Record for the Hearing Entitled "Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Exchanges"

February 2017Testimony and Comments

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) submits this written testimony for the record for the February 1, 2017 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Health entitled “Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Exchanges.” As the nation’s oldest and largest health policy and public health organization working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific…

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Written Statement Entitled "Obamacare Emergency: Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market"

February 2017Testimony and Comments

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) submits this written testimony for the record for the February 1, 2017 hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee entitled “Obamacare Emergency: Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market.” As the nation’s oldest and largest health policy and public health organization working with Asian…

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Written Statement for the Record for the Hearing Entitled "Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable"

February 2017Testimony and Comments

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) submits this written testimony for the record for the February 1, 2017 hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce entitled “Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable.” APIAHF is a national health justice organization that influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations…

COFA Medicaid Restoration Legislative History

January 2016Fact Sheet

Blueprint For a Better America: Ensuring Our Immigration System Advances the Health and Well-Being of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and All Immigrants

September 2015Report

As the country continues to grow and prosper, the participation and progress of our nation’s nearly 20 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are crucial to the health and welfare of the nation as a whole. Over the past decade, more immigrants have come to the U.S. from Asia than from any other region…

Immigrant Outreach: Applying Health Care Enrollment Best Practices to Deferred Action

August 2015Report

Executive Summary More than 630,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPIs) immigrants may be eligible to apply for new deferred action programs created by the Obama Administration, known as Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA), expanded DACA (DACA+) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA).1 Despite the large number of AAPIs eligible for relief,…

What’s at Stake for the ACA in 2015?

February 2015Webinar

It’s 2015 — a new Congress is in session and the King v. Burwell tax credits case will be heard before the Supreme Court. What does all this mean for the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? During this webinar, attendees will learn how the ACA may be impacted due to the composition of…

AA & NHPI Collaborative Section 1557 Comments

October 2013Testimony and Comments

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles (Advancing Justice | LA), the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), and the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) thank the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services…

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