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Aย studyย published last week byย UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Instituteย found that the implementation of the rule has created a “chill effect” among immigrant families that is expected to last for quite some time.
Read More | April 14, 2021
Arturo Vargas Bustamanteย andย Sonja Diazย of UCLAโs Latino Policy & Politics Institute argue that COVID-19 has made it even more important to increase immigrantsโ trust and participation in public health benefit programs, including marketplace enrollment. Otherwise, immigrant families, they say, will not seek needed care, including COVID-19 vaccination and treatment.
โThey work hard, have strong family values, donโt use welfare, are healthy, donโt drink, donโt smoke, etcetera โ but for all that work ethic, they are very poorly rewarded. The harder Latinos work, the poorer they are, the less likely they are to have health insurance. They get punished for good behavior,โ saysย Dr. David Hayes-Bautista,ย UCLA…
โMany of these immigrants are not able to work in professions that could easily be done remotely. They are working in the field, they are working in the kitchens, they are working in professions that some people have classified as essential services … that makes them vulnerable to catching COVID-19,โ saysย Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamanteย (Also:ย Fresno Bee,ย Modesto…
Read More | April 13, 2021
Health Affairs reported on a webinar withย Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, about what makes a successful abstract for someone hoping to publish in Health Affairs.
Read More | April 12, 2021
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