How a Doctor Breaks Norms to Treat Refugees and Recent Immigrants
In a suburb of Denver, a doctor runs a clinic that finds creative solutions to treat a large refugee and immigrant population, sometimes to the dismay of the medical establishment.
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California Takes a Nibble at Offering Food Stamps to Undocumented Immigrants
Food insecurity soared during the pandemic, including among unauthorized immigrants, who are not eligible for federally funded food stamps. Californiaās Democratic lawmakers want to expand the benefit to that population, but opponents cite the massive ongoing cost to the state.
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Postcard From Tijuana
āItās a Missionā: Volunteers Treat Refugees Massing at the Border
A growing number of Mexican and Central American migrants are trying to cross into the U.S. at the southern border. Volunteers at one free clinic in Tijuana tend to the health needs of migrants waiting for their immigration cases to come up ā and simply trying to survive in packed and dangerous encampments.
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Nurses and Docs at Long Beach Center āConsider It an Honorā to Care for Migrant Children
Health care workers find it easy to empathize with Central American children after their painful journeys to the U.S.
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For Kurdish Americans in Nashville, a Beloved Leader’s Death Prompts Vaccine Push
Some immigrant groups are closing the ethnic gap on COVID-19 shots. For many Kurdish Americans, their fears about vaccination are entangled with their experiences in refugee camps after fleeing Iraq.
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Two Unmatched-Doctor Advocacy Groups Are Tied to Anti-Immigrant Organizations
The percentage of medical students who canāt find residencies is increasing every year. But as more graduates look for support, they might not realize that two organizations offering it are backed by anti-immigrant groups.
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How Much of Trumpās Health Agenda Has Biden Undone?
In his campaign, President Joe Biden promised to undo policies, particularly health policies, implemented by former President Donald Trump. Yet, despite immense executive power, reversing four years of action takes time and resources.
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Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living Illegally in US Fall Through the Cracks
Many undocumented immigrants are essential workers at high risk of exposure to the virus ā and the pandemicās economic crash ā with no direct access to federal financial lifelines available to U.S. citizens.
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Anti-Immigrant Vitriol Complicates Vaccine Rollout in Southern States
Inoculating the millions of undocumented workers who produce Americaās agricultural bounty will be key to achieving herd immunity against covid-19. But garnering the trust of these workers is proving complicated, particularly in the South, where the last four years have been marked by workplace raids and anti-immigrant vitriol.
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Scaliseās Claim That Unauthorized Immigrants Are Getting Priority for Vaccination Misses the Point
Congressman Steve Scalise claimed during a Fox News interview that President Joe Biden was allowing immigrants to ājump the lineā ahead of Americans for vaccination. But the administration merely has said everyone should have access to the vaccine, regardless of immigration status, and get vaccinated when eligible.
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California Lawmakers to Newsom: Give All Immigrants Health Coverage
Given the pandemicās disproportionate hit on minority communities, two Democratic lawmakers are pushing Newsom to agree to offer health care to all unauthorized immigrants. They planned to unveil legislation Monday ā and a new strategy to make it happen.
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Republican Convention, Day 4: Fireworks … and Shining a Light on Trump’s Claims
Donald Trump accepted his party's nomination to seek reelection for a second term as president in front of a partisan audience that appeared to largely lack masks and opt against social distancing.
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They Cared for Some of New Yorkās Most Vulnerable Communities. Then 12 Died.
Immigrant health workers help keep the U.S. health system afloat ā and theyāre dying of COVID-19 at high rates.
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Many People of Color, Immigrants Among Over 1,000 US Health Workers Lost to COVID
The Guardian and KHN release new figures showing that, among health care workers, a disproportionate number of immigrants and minorities have died.
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With DACA Ruling, Did Supreme Court Grant Trump New Powers To Reshape Health Care?
Thereās a theory now being embraced by President Donald Trump that the Supreme Courtās recent DACA decision makes it harder for a new president to undo the executive action of a predecessor. He cited it in a recent interview, saying that finding gave him the power to issue new health care and immigration plans. And some legal scholars disagree.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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The High Cost Of Being Trumpās Enemy
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Californiaās Democratic leaders is costing the Golden State hundreds of millions of health care dollars ā with billions more at stake.
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Listen: Updates On Coronavirus Outbreak And How It Affects Chinese Immigrants
California Healthline reporters Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Anna Almendrala spoke with WNHNās āThe Attitude w/ Arnie Arnesenā about the novel coronavirus and its impact on Asian immigrants in the United States.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.