Immigration reform and access to health care cannot be a zero sum game. The economic and human toll is too great. To have a more sustainable and prosperous future, America’s health care system must work for everyone, regardless of immigration status. Our nation is stronger and healthier when everyone has access to affordable health care…
How to Use the Postcards We’ve provided post card templates and sample taglines that you can use to create your own post cards. Use the post cards at your next health reform education event or any of the event suggestions discussed in this toolkit. The cards include taglines that people can translate into their native…
Do you want to educate your community about the Health Insurance Marketplace? Here’s a one-page template about the Health Insurance Marketplace that you can customize for your own organization. To customize this one-pager, download the word document and include your logo at the top of the page. Then, disseminate the one-pager to your community partners,…
America needs commonsense immigration policies that work for our country and align with our values of shared responsibility, unity and fairness. Making sure that everyone has access to health care must be a central pillar in fixing our immigration system. Please look to this one-pager as a resource to our views on commonsense immigration reform.…
AA and NHPI communities are extraordinarily diverse with dozens of different cultures and languages. Discrimination related to culture, language, affordability, and restrictions on legal immigrants continue to impose major barriers to accessing quality health care for AAs and NHPIs. The proposed regulations make clear that neither the Multi-State Plan Program (MSPP), nor issuers of Multi-State…
The design of the Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) will have a direct impact on the health and well-being of over 70 million Americans. EHB design will also have tremendous impact across our health care system and is a central component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). A uniform and comprehensive package of…
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The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. We believe in health justice and work with community advocates, public health leaders and policymakers to generate policy and systems changes that benefit our communities…
This map represents the states where AIM for Equity partners are located and highlights their progress toward implementing the Affordable Care Act’s significant components—the Medicaid Program Expansions and the Health Insurance Exchanges. While these two health policy changes represent an important way for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAs & NHPIs) to access…
Epidemiologic Profile 2010: Asians and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders In August 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a groundbreaking report focusing on the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities and their disease burden for several viral communicable diseases: specifically, HIV /AIDS; viral hepatitis; sexually…
