Monthly Archives: July 2010
Leaving Undocumented Immigrants Behind
This post is by Shena Elrington, Staff Attorney and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Public Interest Fellow in the Health Justice Program at NYLPI. On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The … Continue reading
Filed under federal, immigrant health, immigrant rights, legislation
They Had Plenty of Time: Monitoring Pharmacy Compliance with Language Access Laws
This post is by Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, a summer intern with the Health Justice Program and a student at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. According to the US Census of 2000, ten years ago over 35% of the then 8 million … Continue reading
Filed under immigrant health, immigrant rights, language access
Policy Is About Priority: Where Do Moms Fit In?
This post is by Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, a summer intern with the Health Justice Program and a student at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Recently, news sources and blog sites released a flurry of commentary and news articles on the results … Continue reading
Filed under health disparities, people of color
