by Diverse Elders | May 1, 2018
by D. Kevin McNeir for the Washington Informer. The future remains uncertain for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which opened the door for a major overhaul of the United States healthcare system with President Barack Obama’s signature in 2010, and which continues to be...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 15, 2018
by Andrew Lam. Andrew is the author of two books of personal essays: “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora,” and “East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres,” and a book of short stories, “Birds of Paradise Lost.” This article was originally...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 12, 2018
by Susan Jaffe. This article originally appeared on Kaiser Health News. Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits offered to Medicare beneficiaries who choose...
by Meera Venugopal | Mar 19, 2018
Salma Abdul* was born and grew up in Bangladesh. Her children left for the US to study, then settled in the country as permanent residents. When her husband died, she found herself alone. Her children, unable to leave their lives in the US, but worried about her aging...
by Mari Quenemoen | Mar 14, 2018
For many Southeast Asian Americans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal fight last year felt personal. When the ACA was first passed, uninsured rates in Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese American communities were high. Compared to the 15% of Americans overall who...
