The assumption that few AAPI children face elevated risks of uninsurance is unwarranted because disaggregated data show 2018–19 rates for Korean and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander children were more than twice those of Hmong, Indian, Laotian, and Indonesian children
By 2019, AAPI parents were less likely to be uninsured than parents in other racial or ethnic groups. But their overall low uninsurance rates hide large disparities by national origin and citizenship status.
Comparing three options for investing in home- and community-based services, Urban Institute researchers found enhanced funding could substantially increase service adequacy and increase and improve caregiver jobs, but these goals require active federal engagement and enforcement.
A public option and a strategy to cap payments made to health care providers by commercial insurers, used independently or in tandem, could provide viable insurance options and lower costs. But major design choices must be made with trade-offs in mind.
In spring 2021, fewer than half of uninsured adults reported having heard a lot or some about the Marketplaces, and fewer than a third reported having heard a lot or some about subsidies that make Marketplace coverage and care more affordable.
Funders and their grantees need to collaborate within a framework of explicit commitments, alignment with goals and capacities, and ways to ensure stakeholders are responsible to one another for fulfilling their promises.
