Health Advocate Blog

Analysis and Commentary

August 1, 2018
Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Humane Immigration Policies
Priscilla Huang
More than one in four California residents (27 percent) are immigrants, and more than 4.6 million Californians share a…
November 25, 2019
California is Expanding Medi-Cal to All Young Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
Alicia Emanuel
As of January 1, 2020, California is expanding full-scope Medi-Cal to all young adults up to age 26 regardless…
June 20, 2019
Our 50th Birthday Prompts Reflection on the Battle to Bring Health Care Reform to the U.S.
Elizabeth G. Taylor
Editor’s Note: This National Health Law Program blog post was first published as a series of posts by Executive…
January 11, 2021
Im/migrant Detention is Reproductive Injustice
Madeline Morcelle
For the past four years, the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security has committed a litany of human…
October 5, 2020
Health Equity Blog Series Summary
Zamir M. Brown
Respectfully, how can we, as a nation, comfortably call ourselves the United States of America when our history and current practices…
February 11, 2020
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning for Junk Health Plans
Sarah Grusin
On October 4, 2019 the President issued a Proclamation, barring the entry of immigrants to the United States unless…
August 9, 2018
Health Impacts of Immigration Detention on Children
Priscilla Huang
This blog was co-authored by Brianna Moller, 2018 summer internBetween April and June of this year, the Trump administration…
November 9, 2017
Tax ‘Reform’ Madness – An Audacious Power Grab by Congressional Republicans and Trump
Jeremy Leaming and Mara Youdelman
Republicans in the House and Senate (with the loud backing of President Trump) are rushing "tax reform" through Congress…
February 16, 2021
To End the Pandemic, California Must Prioritize Equity in Vaccine Distribution
Cathren Cohen
It has now been over a year since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in California, and, while…