“Early Implementation Lessons on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Outreach and Enrollment Efforts in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities”
Volume 12:1-2, p. 53 (2014)
by Regina Lee, Jen Lee, David Aguilar, Betty Cheng, Kevin Lee, and Thu Quach
ABSTRACT: Enacted in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) intended to make health insurance coverage more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans. However, achieving this goal requires significant targeted, culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach and education efforts for vulnerable communities, such as low-income, underserved Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This article describes multiple innovative strategies and approaches used by two well-established community health centers, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York and Asian Health Services in California, as well as the early-stage impacts of outreach and enrollment assistance for the state exchange marketplaces promoting the ACA.
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Regina Lee, Jen Lee, David Aguilar, Betty Cheng, Kevin Lee, and Thu Quach (2014) Early Implementation Lessons on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Outreach and Enrollment Efforts in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2014, Vol. 12, No. 1-2, pp. 53-72.