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How Proposed Changes to the ‘Public Charge’ Rule Will Affect Health, Hunger, and the Economy in California

Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Laurel Lucia; director of the health care program at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education; and Tia Shimada, director of programs at California Food Policy Advocates, presented analysis from their report on the “public charge” rule change and shared estimates of the health and economic impact the immigration rule change will have on California's regions and its racial and ethnic groups. Research is supported by the California Health Care Foundation and The California Endowment.

Speakers

Ninez A. Ponce

Ninez A. Ponce

Center Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

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Laurel Lucia

Laurel Lucia

Tia Shimada

Tia Shimada

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Disparities in Chronic Health Conditions and Substance Use among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults in California

On Thursday, July 23, researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. California Tribal Epidemiology Center will present findings from a series of publications examining disparities in chronic conditions and substance use among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults in California.

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