November 22, 2013 WASHINGTON—Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) policy director Priscilla Huang joined the Georgetown University Center for Children & Families (CCF) panel today with New American Media, discussing encouraging findings in CCF’s latest report on the status of children’s health insurance. The report puts children’s health insurance coverage in perspective as…
Read MoreWASHINGTON— The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) recently confirmed in a written memo that immigrants can apply for health coverage under the health reform law (known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare) without fear of immigration enforcement. Effectively, this means that applying for coverage for yourself or on behalf of an eligible…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Kathy Ko Chin, president & CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued the following statement condemning the House’s planned vote on Friday to defund the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as part of a package to temporarily fund the federal government. “It is unconscionable that as the country sits…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued the following statement in response to the Senate passing immigration reform (S. 744). “Today marks an important, though incomplete, victory for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and all immigrant families. After months of strong advocacy by health,…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of the United States’ recent rulings on marriage equality, polices affecting equal opportunity in higher education and the Voting Rights Act. “The highest court’s rulings on key civil rights…
Read MoreJune 21, 2013 WASHINGTON — Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued a statement reacting to the Senate’s Corker – Hoeven border security amendment to the Senate immigration bill (S. 744): “We are deeply troubled by news that a significantly ramped-up border security agreement has…
Read MoreJune 19, 2013 WASHINGTON – Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued a statement reacting to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) economic report on the Senate immigration bill (S. 744), currently pending on the Senate floor: “The CBO report confirms what the data and advocates…
Read MoreJune 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued a statement following Senator Mazie Hirono’s (Hawaii) speech on the Senate floor urging Senators to make immigration reform fair for immigrant taxpayers and women: “As the first Asian American woman and only immigrant…
Read MoreMay 20, 2013 WASHINGTON—To commemorate National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 19, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) released an in-depth report to call attention to the continuing lack of data available on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) health and highlight promising HIV/AIDS…
Read MoreMay 16, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) recently issued specific directives calling for state and local health departments to better track the HIV epidemic among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AAs and NHPIs). Late last year, they also released a groundbreaking report describing the collective impact of…
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