Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly improves access to care for many children and young adults not already covered by other means, the law overlooks one significant population: children of immigrants.
“Some of the biggest coverage challenges ahead are for
immigrant populations,” stated Shana Alex Lavarreda, the Center’s director of health insurance studies. “Parents … [ Read full post ]
A new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimates that up to 220,000 California children may be excluded from affordable health care coverage under health care reform due to their immigrant status.
The number represents approximately 20 percent of all uninsured children in California.
Of those children, up to 40,000 may be … [ Read full post ]
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California’s more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health … [ Read full post ]
