Zócalo Public SquareWelcome to the U.S.! Here’s Your Health Insurance Card! – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Welcome to the U.S.! Here’s Your Health Insurance Card! https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/04/14/welcome-to-the-u-s-heres-your-health-insurance-card/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/04/14/welcome-to-the-u-s-heres-your-health-insurance-card/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:01:50 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=53358 Millions of Americans have enrolled in new health insurance plans because of the expansion in coverage offered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. One of the populations that has better access to healthcare is immigrants, and Los Angeles is a magnet for people born somewhere else. Immigrants make up about a third of the residents of our county. It can be a challenge for even the native-born to understand our complex—and often maddening—healthcare system. And, the rules have recently changed. In advance of the Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event, “Will Obamacare Really Help L.A.’s Immigrants?”, we asked healthcare policy experts: How will Obamacare help L.A.’s immigrants in ways intended and unintended?

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]]> Millions of Americans have enrolled in new health insurance plans because of the expansion in coverage offered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. One of the populations that has better access to healthcare is immigrants, and Los Angeles is a magnet for people born somewhere else. Immigrants make up about a third of the residents of our county. It can be a challenge for even the native-born to understand our complex—and often maddening—healthcare system. And, the rules have recently changed. In advance of the Zócalo/California Wellness Foundation event, “Will Obamacare Really Help L.A.’s Immigrants?”, we asked healthcare policy experts: How will Obamacare help L.A.’s immigrants in ways intended and unintended?

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