By Viji Sundaram, New America Media
The lack of Asian-language materials on health care exchanges has left hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders uninsured, according to a report released last month by Action for Health Justice.
“Sixty percent of our population are foreign-born and face language barriers and are in a range of immigration statuses,” said Doreena Wong, project director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Los Angeles’ Health Access Project, one of 70 community-based organizations and federally qualified health centers that are a part of organization. Yet “very little, if any, resources were directed to our communities,” she said. “We were not given in-person assistance funds and many of our groups didn’t receive navigator funds.”
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