Politics + Health Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 24, 2009

Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Purchase Health Care – New Senate bill includes inhumane provision barring undocumented immigrants from purchasing health care with their own money

As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants

November 18, 2009

Immigrants and Health Care – The Real Numbers and Policy Implications

November 16, 2009

Where two contentious issues intersect- Immigration and health House measure omits Senate panel’s legal test

November 13, 2009

Hispanic Organizations Unite To Address Major Problems with Health Care Legislation – Ten national Hispanic groups sent a joint letter to Congress about the devastating impact of the health care legislation on Hispanic small businesses, seniors and families.

Salud en EE.UU.: hispanos temen exclusión

November 12, 2009

Hispanic Organizations Unite To Address Major Problems with Health Care Legislation in Congress

Initially waved off, Hispanic advocates jump into health debate – Effort centers on ensuring reform doesn’t shortchange immigrants

November 10, 2009

LANDMARK HOUSE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL IS GOOD FOR LATINOS, SENATE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE TASK AND BUILD ON THE HOUSE EFFORT, SAYS NCLR

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus took the right stand on threatening to withhold healthcare votes

November 9, 2009

House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform Bill That Leaves Intact Provisions Increasing Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance

National Alliance for Hispanic Health commends passage of health care bill

November 4, 2009

The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.

November 2, 2009

Rep. Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus, Vows to Bring “Robust” Public Option to House Floor

October 30, 2009

Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.

LULAC Hails the Inclusion of Puerto Rico in the House Healthcare Bill

October 28, 2009

Latino Leaders Launch National Campaign for Healthcare Reform – New website unveiled today will educate and mobilize community on healthcare reform.

October 15, 2009

Crafting a final version of health insurance legislation to attract moderate Republican support would be a “waste of time,” according to the leader of the House Progressive Caucus. – Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)

October 14, 2009

HEALTH CARE BILL OVERCOMES EXTREMIST POLITICS, BUT STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, SAYS NCLR

October 9, 2009

Latinas Feeling Uncertain About Healthcare Debate

October 7, 2009

African-American, Latino and civil rights groups have launched an ad campaign aimed at pressuring moderate Democratic senators to support health care legislation that allows the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry.

October 5, 2009

Immigrants & Health Care: MPI Analyzes Health Reform Eligibility, Verification Issues and Provides New Estimates of Coverage by Legal Status, Poverty, Firm Size and for Select States

September 30, 2009

Latinos must use political capital towards demanding passage of the REAL Act – (very good read)

September 29, 2009

Hispanic immigrants kept at arm’s length from healthcare

September 28, 2009

Health insurance and immigrants: Weapons of mass distraction uncovered

Liberals seek health-care access for illegals – Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access.

September 24, 2009

“We Made Them Millions, and They Complain About Insurance” – Lupe Chavez, a housekeeper at the San Francisco Hilton, tells her story to David Bacon.

September 22, 2009

Puerto Rico and other territories left out of healthcare reform

A Mobile Connection for the Hispanic Community

Obama overreaches on immigrant care

Obama takes heat from other side of immigrant healthcare debate – He suggests that those here illegally be kept from taking part in an insurance exchange set up by the government. Some on the left say that’s bad policy that panders to the likes of Joe Wilson.

September 21, 2009

Illegal Immigrants embroiled in health care debate

Your Turn: Contra Costa Times’ headline about illegal immigrants was misleading

September 17, 2009

Obama links healthcare, immigration reform – “My commitment is real and so is my desire to get this (immigration reform) done,” Obama said Wednesday during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 32nd Annual Awards Gala.

September 15, 2009

“Joe Wilson ganó”, afirma congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez

Latino Lawmaker Rips Obama for Making It Harder for Illegals to Buy Private Insurance – The criticism was leveled in Spanish by Rep. Luis Gutierrez

The White House strengthened its stand against health-care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its lead.

September 14, 2009

In Defense of the Undocumented: Immigrants and the Healthcare Debate By Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D. Student

Obama’s Health Care Reform Pitch : Why Reform isn’t the Same as Change

National Hispanic Medical Association Supports Universal Health Coverage

Sebelius: Illegal immigrant debate a ‘red herring’ – concerning health care bill

September 12, 2009

Joe Wilson Voted to Provide Taxpayer Money for Illegal Immigrants’ Healthcare in 2003 – (can you say hypocrite)

September 11, 2009

NYTimes Editorial – Immigrants, Health Care and Lies

September 10, 2009

Video: Obama Heckled by GOP During Speech to Congress

Immigration, Southern Manners, and South Carolina Demographics

The Visceral Reaction when “illegal immigrants” are mentioned

CAUSA: South Carolina Congressman brings disgrace on Republicans during President’s Healthcare Speech

LuLAC announced a nationwide effort in San Antonio Wednesday to push for health care-reform legislation this year that includes a government-run health insurance plan.

Joe Wilson’s lie is Carmen Velasquez’s truth

September 9, 2009

A study released Tuesday says that without enforcement, undocumented immigrants could get health care coverage through the president’s proposed plan, costing Americans more than $30 billion annually. Advertisement But that’s if all undocumented immigrants seek care — something another immigration expert and the study say is unlikely.

September 8, 2009

Supporters of President Obama’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s health-care system need to “shout down” opponents of his plan, U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said.

Congressman Raul Grijalva addresses national health care reform – conducted in Spanish, was intended for a Hispanic population who otherwise may not hear the reform options being put forward in Congress.

Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)

Center for Immigration Studies Adds to Falsehoods about Health Care Reform

September 3, 2009

The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate – Illegal immigrants will get free health insurance

U.S. blame for Cuba healthcare not likely to create sympathy

September 2, 2009

Mexico’s health care lures Americans – As the United States debates an overhaul of its health care system, thousands of American retirees in Mexico have quietly found a solution of their own, signing up for the health care plan run by the Mexican Social Security Institute.

The Ghost Of Carmelita And The Health Care Debate

September 1, 2009

An ‘exciting’ cancer drug developed in Cuba is being tested in the United States — but it won’t be sold here unless there is a change in the embargo law.

Massachusetts Cuts Back Immigrants’ Health Care – 31,000 legal immigrants

August 26, 2009

Immigration uproar will upstage health care debate

August 24, 2009

Hispanics A Tough Sell On Health Care Reform – As A Group, They’re Among The Most Likely Not To Have Coverage, But They’re Wary Of Current Reform Efforts – (lots of info – great map)

Enough! Immigration Reform is NOT Health Care Reform

Whitehouse’s Healthcare reform page in Spanish

What Health Care Reform Means for Latinos

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes wants health-care plan to be ‘revenue neutral’

August 21, 2009

Involving undocumented immigrants in the healthcare debate underscores the ignorance and futility of the argument

Stay on Track When it Comes to Health Care Reform, Says NCLR

Health Care Debate: Immigrants Land On Sacrificial Altar

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes is not calling it a town hall meeting, but he will be the guest speaker at a public forum Saturday at which he will answer questions about health care.

Why Latinos need to fight more loudly for passage of health-care reform

August 17, 2009

Northern Nevada Hispanics following health care debate closely

August 16, 2009

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes meets with public about health care

August 13, 2009

Hispanic Alliance Urges Congress to Work Through Recess on Healthcare Issues

Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s Health Care Prayer Vigil

August 12, 2009

Reality Check: Immigrants and Health Care

Health care reform takes on immigration overtones

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes opts not to have health-care town hall

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.

August 11, 2009

Obama delay on immigration complicates health reform

Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants – House Speaker Pelosi has said that they would not be covered under overhaul proposals, but activists say medical care should not be denied to the sick, no matter their status.

August 10, 2009

Hispanics watching health care debate closely

August 3, 2009

Hispanic Alliance Urges Congress to Work Through Recess on Health

July 28, 2009

Nicaragua Abortion Ban Forces Rape, Incest Victims To Give Birth

July 23, 2009

Facts About Immigration and Health Care Reform

June 25, 2009

Healthcare in Immigration Nation – interesting connection for Healthcare and Immigration Reform

June 15, 2009

National Hispanic Medical Association to Focus Health Reform on Health Disparities and Comparative Effectiveness Research

April 30, 2009

Unless it is contained shortly, the Mexican swine flu outbreak that is sounding alarm bells across the world is likely to have long-term economic, law enforcement and political consequences on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.

April 27, 2009

Forced to slash their budgets, some California counties are eliminating nonemergency health services for illegal immigrants — a move that officials acknowledge could backfire by shifting the financial burden to emergency rooms.

February 1, 2009

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including a provision to expand access for legal immigrant children and pregnant women

December 22, 2008

LATINO LEADERS TO URGE CONGRESS: HEALTHCARE INEQUITIES UNDERMINING LATINOS MUST BE ADDRESSED IN 2009

November 17, 2008

El gobierno de Puerto Rico le reconoció derechos de salud a las parejas del mismo sexo en una orden que prohibe a las oficinas y agencias públicas discriminar por orientación sexual, identidad de género, estado de embarazo y civil, entre otros.

October 15, 2008

The Latino Commission on AIDS Call on Presidential Candidates to Honor National Latino AIDS Awareness Day on October 15

September 15, 2008

Seeking to drive a wedge into Democrat Barack Obama’s strong support from Hispanic voters and peel off voters in a key demographic, Hispanic organizers for Republican John McCain are quietly mounting a major push on the abortion issue.

September 10, 2008

Pro-Latino Policies – McCain’s focus on immigrants and healthcare

August 28, 2008

Mexican Supreme Court upholds legalized abortion law

August 5, 2008

President Calderon Lifts Regulation Requiring AIDS Drug Companies to Have Manufacturing Plants in Mexico in Order to Sell Generic Meds

July 28, 2008

Obama says his health plan won’t include undocumented immigrants

July 14, 2008

Obama Talks Health at Latino Convention – (NLCR)

June 23, 2008

NCLR PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS ON HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY

May 27, 2008

Immigrants Hit Hard by Governor’s Planned Medi-Cal Cuts, Changes – California

May 20, 2008

New Jersey Sen. Menendez pushes benefits of DNA procedure

March 24, 2008

Honduras calls US melon alert unjust, calls for proof

February 18, 2008

Advocates alarmed by Rell plan to cut Medicaid interpreter funds – Connecticut

February 4, 2008

Group Reaches Out to Hispanic Voters – The National Alliance for Hispanic Health

November 28, 2007

Consulates struggle with health care issues

November 4, 2007

Opponents of insurance bill play immigration card – SCHIP

October 25, 2007

House Democrats Set For Vote on New Version Of Children’s Health Bill – The new version will underscore that illegal immigrants will not have access to the expanded program

October 24, 2007

White House Edits Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Climate Testimony

October 23, 2007

Clinton Says Universal Heath Care Plan Will Not Cover Illegal Immigrants – Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

October 17, 2007

Miami’s GOP legislators criticized for insurance vote

October 15, 2007

Border Governors Want Testing of Mexican Prescriptions

National Alliance for Hispanic Health Ramps Up Lobbying for SCHIP Veto Override

October 4, 2007

Veto could hurt poor Hispanic children, experts say – SCHIP

September 25, 2007

SCHIP invaded by illegal immigrants? House votes today – Georgia politics

May 8, 2007

Congress, Media, Experts Come Together to Target Health Disparities at National Hispanic Medical Association Briefing

March 12, 2007

U.S. citizens who lack papers lose Medicaid – Law was supposed to target illegal immigrants (and these are the Federal folks we are relying on to ‘fix’ the immigration quandary)

March 9, 2007

U.S. leaves Cuban physicians in limbo

February 2, 2007

David Rodriguez, borough councilman and executive director of the Puerto Rican Action Committee, was appointed by Gov. Jon Corzine to a state Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. – New Jersey

January 10, 2007

Health plan for children of illegal immigrants draws ire of GOP – Washington State

Governor’s Universal Health Care Coverage In California Includes Illegal Immigrants – Opposed By Some Business Groups

December 6, 2006

Latino Commission on AIDS Announces Support For December 4 Draft BAI06B97 of Ryan White Modernization Act (HR 6143)

November 29, 2006

Bush Administration Wants Flu Shots For Illegal Immigrants

November 20, 2006

U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants not entitled to health insurance under new ruling – Texas (and the nation)

October 26, 2006

Procedures to Foil Illegal Immigrants Also Confound Maryland Citizens

October 23, 2006

Latino votes seen as key to Prop. 85 (abortion related) – California

October 1, 2006

Frist Unveils Minority Health Bill

September 12, 2006

Latino Leaders Release Strategies for Improving Latino Health Care in America

August 25, 2006

Critics say new laws trade prevention for emergency care in Colorado

August 20, 2006

For illegal immigrants: The doctor is out in Colorado. Critics say new laws trade prevention for emergency care, and will punish some here legally

August 17, 2006

African American and Latino Health Care Leaders Criticize Schwarzenegger’s Use of Medi-Cal Patients as Bargaining Chips in California Rx Proposal

July 7, 2006

Rep. Hilda L. Solis: Battling Health Disparities — A Call to Action

July 6, 2006

Health care a moral issue for Latino voters

April 16, 2006

Illegals inhibit health reform in California

April 13, 2006

Federal diabetes funding for Blacks, Hispanics will be cut

March 29, 2006

Immigrant health care use is bill’s target in Minnesota

March 1, 2006

UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades

February 27, 2006

LULAC Petition Demands Congress Provide Equal Access to Medicines for HIV/AIDS Patients

July 25, 2005

Expert: Medicare Hispanic outreach needed