The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid
expansion had similar positive impacts for mental health services
across the country, which affects Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
directly as they continue to work tirelessly to reduce suicide rates. For these reasons, when we think of healthcare, we must consider the
human cost our policies inflict on every community--on every American. Likewise, immigration bans based on country of origin, race, or
religion are awakening newfound fear that minority communities will be
targeted once more, that racial profiling will rear its ugly head
again, licensed and sanctioned by the Federal Government. The AAPI
community's concern is warranted; people's fear is understandable. Each
Member of Congress must realize that caring about the mistakes of our
past means working with purpose and with conviction to prevent them
from happening again in the present.
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