Access to Healthcare and Public Benefits

Panelists: Josh Stehlik, Policy Director, California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) Omar Altamimi, Senior Legislative Advocate, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network Sean Atha, Senior Vice President, Vivant Health Moderator: Rajeev Singh, Hindu American Foundation Federal policies, including H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, are taking away Medicaid, food assistance, and other benefits from millions of lawfully residing non-citizens and humanitarian immigrants. By cutting these vital health and nutrition lifelines, H.R. 1 compounds economic pressure on low-income minority and immigrant households, significantly increasing their risks of long-term poverty and worsening health disparities. This panel will examine what’s driving these changes and what we can do to mitigate the harm. This includes providing multi-lingual outreach, enrollment assistance, legal support, trusted-messenger education, coordination among clinics, food banks, schools, and community organizations, and getting involved politically.