For Immediate Release March 24, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today urged the U.S. Senate to make additional improvements to our nation’s health care system by quickly passing the House-passed Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872). “Over one-in-six Asian Americans and one-in-four…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release March 26, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today applauded Congress for passing the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872). The legislation makes important improvements to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by the President earlier…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release March 30, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today applauded President Barack Obama for signing the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) into law. The Reconciliation Act enhances provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (H.R. 3590) which was signed…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release May 17, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today expressed grave concern about California Governor Schwarzenegger’s May Revision to his budget proposal. The Governor’s May Revision maintains drastic cuts from his January budget proposal and makes additional cuts and reductions to vital programs for Asian…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release May 19, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – In recognition of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) called on the Obama Administration to increase investment in state and local HIV/AIDS prevention programs to stem the rise of HIV/AIDS in communities of color, including…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release July 02, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today applauded U.S. President Barack Obama’s comprehensive approach to reforming our immigration system. “We support the President’s call for comprehensive reform to fix our nation’s broken immigration system, and welcome his leadership in moving Congress toward concrete…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release July 13, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today applauded the Obama Administration for releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) to improve management and coordination within the federal government and across federal, state and local agencies and community…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release August 18, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO – The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (API Institute) of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum applauds the U.S. Department of Justice’s commitment to ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) have equal access to state court systems. The Civil Rights…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release January 04, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) today named former Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua as vice president of strategic impact initiatives and Charmaine Manansala as vice president for strategic engagement initiatives. Sen. Moua and Ms. Manansala will join vice president of operations Patricia…
Read MoreFor Immediate Release January 7, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO – Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) president and CEO Kathy Lim Ko today spoke out against efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal health care reform legislation that was signed into law last year. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)…
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