Advocates fear GOP healthcare bill would limit services to immigrants
She wouldn't provide her last name for fear of deportation.
When the family began struggling financially, they fled
When they arrived, Katrina was able to sign Lily up for
After Lily got
Lily is just one of the thousands of immigrants throughout
The matter has been top of mind this week as
A spokesman for House Majority Leader
McCarthy has said in the past he remains dedicated to replacing the ACA, describing it as broken. Roughly 48 percent of those in
"Our healthcare system is broken and will collapse if nothing is done. Premiums are rising, coverage options are disappearing, and
During Friday's forum, immigrant rights advocates spoke about the impact repealing the ACA would have, including on the limited benefits available to people in
The clinic, a federally qualified health center, cares for 148,000 people annually, roughly 25 percent of whom are covered through the Affordable Care Act Medi-Cal expansion, which subsidizes costs for the poor through federal and state dollars. Those patients represent between
"You can't run a business without resources and so, if there's a cut in funding ... we will operate as much as we can financially afford, but with millions in cuts, we'd have to reduce services in some form,"
Others told stories about how fear of deportation in the current political climate is impacting healthcare. Pregnant women in the country illegally aren't showing up for prenatal care,
"It takes a lot of time to establish trust in these outlying communities," Josth Stenner, an organizer with Faith in the Valley, said. "We don't want to lose the ground we've gained."
The forum might have raised more questions than answers.
"If we take a cut in the billions to
When healthcare cuts are made, historically, rural areas are the first to suffer, Phelps said, referencing
"They often carry the heaviest burden in environmental risks and also end up being the ones left behind and forgotten," Phelps said.
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