Preserve, expand, and enforce the Affordable Care Act

Fully fund and implement the ACA; protect the coverage expansions, financial assistance and consumer protection provisions; and support full Medicaid expansion in all states consistent with Medicaid’s protections./p>

Enforce the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule implementing Section 1557 of the ACA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin (including English proficiency), sex (including gender identity), age, or disability. In addition, continue to clarify through federal guidance that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination, consistent with interpretations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).• Enforce the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule implementing Section 1557 of the ACA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin (including English proficiency), sex (including gender identity), age, or disability. In addition, continue to clarify through federal guidance that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination, consistent with interpretations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Remove restrictions to health coverage on the basis of immigration status:

Allow undocumented immigrants, including those who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), access to the ACA’s health insurance Marketplaces and consider those who have been granted DACA as lawfully present for eligibility for the ACA’s tax credits and subsidies, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Remove the five-year restriction on eligibility for public health programs, such as Medicaid and CHIP, for all lawful permanent residents.

Restore Medicaid eligibility for Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants from the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau.

Ensure equal coverage for behavioral health services

Increase coverage for integrated care services in behavioral health settings through the ACA, with a particular focus on ethnic specific agencies serving AANHPIs and other communities of color.

Increase the number of culturally and linguistically appropriate grants under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA) Center for Integrated Health Solutions /p>

Expand the Mental Health Demonstration Grants of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, to allow SAMHSA to administer the initiative beyond a pilot phase.

Eliminate health disparities and improve access to services

Support federally qualified health centers and expand access to preventive services, support, and treatment of hepatitis B, tuberculosis, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and cancer.

Reduce health disparities by supporting the Health Equity and Accountability Act and the Office of Minority Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Provide a well-trained, culturally and linguistically appropriate workforce that includes training and support for bilingual paraprofessionals and trained interpreters.

Promote reproductive justice

Support federally qualified health centers and expand access to preventive services, support, and treatment of hepatitis B, tuberculosis, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and cancer.

Expand access to reproductive health care—including family planning, contraception, emergency contraception, and abortion—by fully funding the Title X Family Planning Program; repealing the Hyde amendment; and allowing Medicaid funding for abortion.

Oppose sex- and race-selective abortion bans, as these are based solely on stereotypes about AANHPI women and serve to diminish access to legal reproductive health care, particularly for low-income AANHPI women.