Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

August 16, 2021
Meeting the Health Care Needs of LGBTQ Immigrants
Abbi Coursolle
LGBTQ immigrant individuals face multiple barriers to health care access and coverage due to intersectional discrimination.
July 27, 2023
How the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act Could Foster Reproductive Health Equity and Justice
Madeline Morcelle
The United States (U.S.) has a long history of regulating and restricting immigrants’ self-determination over their health, bodies, reproduction,…
July 30, 2020
COVID-19: Exacerbating Old Barriers for Immigrants
Sarah Grusin
The U.S. is home to 22 million noncitizens. Immigration status has been repeatedly identified as a social determinant of health.…
July 30, 2020
Excluding Immigrants from COVID-19 Relief: What’s Old is New Again
Sarah Grusin
During the pandemic, our government should be making every effort to remove exclusions and barriers to health care, conducting…
March 25, 2020
Immigrant Health Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Priscilla Huang
As a nation, we are facing an unprecedented public health crisis in the U.S. As the number of confirmed…
September 28, 2018
Trump Team Works to Wall-Off Immigrants from Medicaid
Jeremy Leaming and Mara Youdelman
From the moment Donald Trump announced his run for the presidency he revealed his intent to inflame the basest…
August 7, 2019
New Proposals for Public Charge and Housing Assistance Threaten the Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Families
Priscilla Huang
This blog post was co-authored by legal intern Courtney Mendoza . Last fall, the Department of Homeland Security received comments…
May 27, 2022
California’s Historic Medi-Cal Exclusion Removal for Older Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel and Iván Barragan*
*Co-authored with Iván Barragan, CA Immigrant Policy CenterAs of May 1, 2022, California removed the exclusion to full-scope Medi-Cal…
August 11, 2020
The Effects of COVID-19 on America’s Hispanic and Latinx Communities
Miriam Delaney Heard
"Face challenges, fear, and frustration by seeking out knowledge and opportunities for growth."--Fanny MairenaCOVID-19 has plunged numerous nations into…