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Mar 27 Southeast Asian Americans Welcome the California Health Benefit Exchange to the Central Valley

By: Jonathan Tran

A day before the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Stone Soup Fresno and members of the Hmong Health Collaborative joined health care advocates, direct services organizations, and community members in advance of the first California Health Benefit Exchange Board (HBEX) meeting held in Fresno to celebrate the ACA and advocate on its implementation. As a key component of health care reform, the HBEX will serve as a regulated marketplace that will help consumers buy private health insurance.

Apr 8 "Lack of Language and Insurance Access are Major Barriers to Health Care" - Sharon Stanely (FIRM)

By: Nenick Vu

Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM)
Sharon Stanley, Executive Director

"At Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries, we have been working as partners in the Hmong Health Collaborative (HHC) and over the past year tried to identify health disparities and barriers to communities accessing health care. From our work, we have found that language is a major barrier, as well as insurance access..."

Apr 1 "Make Health Care Affordable" - Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota

By: Ivy Ngo

Organizational Profile:

Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Website: http://www.laocenter.org/
Serving the community since 1983
Sunny Chanthanouvong, Executive Director

The Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota (LACM) has been a strong fixture in the Twin Cities area since 1983. Serving much of Hennepin County, LACM has provided crucial assistance to the Laotian-American community in six main areas: health and wellness, youth engagement, employment, civic engagement, elder empowerment, and housing.

LACM considers one of the biggest issues facing the community to be access to affordable and quality health care services. Although many of the clients that LACM serves are eligible for health insurance plans...

Mar 22 "My Hope is That My Community Has Access to Quality Health Care" - MaiKa Yang, Stone Soup

By: Nenick Vu

Throughout the Ensuring Our Healthy Future Campaign launch, we will highlight each of our partners and their hopes for their community and the Affordable Care Act on our blog. SEARAC's community organizer, Nenick Vu, interviewed Stone Soup's executive director, MaiKa Yang, for our first post.

Organizational Profile:

Stone Soup Fresno
Location: Fresno, CA
Website: http://www.stonesoupfresno.org/
Serving the community for 18 years
Services: Citizenship classes, parent engagement programs, youth leadership development