Attendees can join ITUP and Cal-IHEA for an informative virtual event where policymakers, researchers, health advocates, and healthcare professionals will describe key issues on the topic and strategies/recommendations to retain immigrant health coverage in California. Attendees will be able to expect the following:
- Discuss key issues affecting immigrant access to healthcare.
- Gain insight into the potential impact of funding decreases for the state’s Medicaid program.
- Hear about the health and coverage challenges for undocumented immigrants in California in navigating healthcare.
- Learn how advocacy organizations, policymakers, healthcare leaders, and researchers are working to improve health equity for immigrant populations.
Speakers:
- Crispin Delgado, MPP, Executive Director, Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) (Moderator)
- Dr. Joaquin Arambula, Assemblymember, District 31 (Legislative Welcome)
- Dr. Annie Ro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, UC Irvine
- Ronald Coleman Baeza, JD, Managing Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
- Dr. Seciah Aquino, DrPH, MS, Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC)
- Dr. Raul Gutierrez, MD, University of California San Francisco
