Good health begins before we are born and can last a lifetime. Likewise, health disparities can begin even before birth. Disparities in access and utilization of health care exist for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) women and infants, but do not completely explain disparities in outcomes. Issues such as quality…
Health care reform will provide coverage to countless uninsured and underinsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAs and NHPIs). Nearly one in seven Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are uninsured. An expanded Medicaid program, new Health Insurance Exchanges, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (also known as the High Risk Pools),…
In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law historic health care reform, a combination of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). These new laws will provide 32 million currently uninsured individuals with health insurance coverage, make health care more…
The ethnic health assessment project is a statewide health assessment of California’s four major ethnic-racial communities. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander report of the Ethnic Health Assessment Project is a follow-up to the April 2009 report, “The State of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health in California” issued by the…
This guide describes the current public and private health insurance rules and requirements in Utah and summarizes the actions that Utah has taken to implement national health care reform. The guide also describes some of the important policy issues and provides questions that Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community advocates should consider and…
This guide describes the current public and private health insurance rules and requirements in Texas and summarizes the actions that Texas has taken to implement national health care reform. The guide also describes some of the important policy issues and provides questions that Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community advocates should consider and…
