2022 Open Enrollment Guide
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Final Health Care Rights Law Rolls Back Language Access Protections
Fact SheetOn June 12, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Final Rule adopting a number of changes to the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act). The 2020 Final Rule radically reinterprets civil rights protections under the Health Care…
APIAHF, NHeLP, and AAPCHO Section 1557 Language Access Memo to OMB
MemoSince the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Section 1557, known as the Health Care Rights Law, has offered critical protections in civil rights and health care for several protected groups. In promulgating the Final Rule in 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) went…
Act to Fund Health Insurance Outreach and Enrollment
Fact SheetFor the first time since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the rates of people not enrolled in health insurance have stagnated or increased. Some communities have been particularly impacted: for example, from 2016 the uninsured rate for Native Hawaiians rose from 4.7% to 5.5%, Micronesians from 11.5% to 13.1%, Burmese from 12%…
APIAHF Comment Letter to OCR Section 1557
Letter, Testimony and CommentsAPIAHF opposes the proposed changes to Section 1557 in the proposed rule that would limit application of the law to certain covered entities, eliminate protections for LGBTQ+ persons and persons needing reproductive health care, and roll back and eliminate certain language access protections. The NPRM runs counter to the explicit text of Section 1557 and…
APIAHF Comment Letter on ACA Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
LetterIn this comment letter APIAHF urges CMS to take actions that would increase the number of consumers enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliant plans. We have seen how the ACA has had an important impact on reducing AA and NHPI health disparities. Since the law’s passage, the percent of uninsured AAs has dropped from…
APIAHF Testimony on Ways and Means Hearing Entitled “Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions”
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) submits this written testimony for the record for the January 29, 2019 hearing before the House Ways & Means Committee “Protecting Americans with Pre-existing Conditions.” As an organization that has worked for over 32 years at the federal, state, and local levels to advance sensible policies…