WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, granted the Trump administration the ability to implement changes to the public charge rule, lifting a preliminary injunction pending other litigation. The rule targets the health and wellbeing of immigrants, including many in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAs and NHPIs) community. The…
Read MoreNew York, NY. With daily race motivated hate crimes happening globally, pausing to participate in a National Day of Racial Healing (#NDORH) is vitally important. On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, many organizations, individuals, and communities will be taking collective action during the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing to celebrate our…
Read MoreWASHINGTON —Today, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) reacted to the Senate passage of a bipartisan budget deal approved by the House earlier this week. The budget will fund the government through September 2020 and avert a government shutdown. The budget includes a $4M increase in funding for the Centers for Disease…
Read MoreWASHINGTON —Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a 2-1 decision held the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional and instructed the lower court, which had previously held the ACA unconstitutional, to determine whether the remaining portions of the ACA can stand. “APIAHF is extremely disappointed in the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON —Last week, the administration announced it had finalized a proposed rule that would result in nearly 700,000 people losing access to food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. The proposal is one of three that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued that would collectively,…
Read MoreTomorrow, November 1st, marks the beginning of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) annual open enrollment period. As we kick off our efforts to educate consumers about their health care options for 2020, APIAHF has analyzed new data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The analysis reveals a concerning reversal in the progress made toward decreasing…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Steve Womack (R-AR), Ed Case (D-HI) and Gregorio Sablan (D-MP) introduced the Covering Our FAS Allies Act (COFA Act), a bill to reinstate Medicaid eligibility for the more than 61,000 citizens of the Freely Associated States living in the United States…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary nationwide injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from enforcing its public charge rule before it was to take effect on October 15th. Since that ruling, additional federal district courts have issued similar injunctions. The discriminatory public charge rule…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Last Friday, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation that would deny visas to many categories of immigrants unless they have approved health insurance or can prove they have the financial resources to pay for reasonably foreseeable medical costs. The Proclamation applies to individuals abroad seeking immigrant visas, including spouses and parents of U.S.…
Read MoreWe are heartened by the ruling from Judge Burroughs of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard that affirms the “compelling interest in diversity and all the benefits that flow from a diverse college population” and upholds the use of race-conscious college admissions practices, asserting that they “have an…
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