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Arturo Vargas Bustamante & Sonja Diaz in The Commonwealth Fund: “Can Changing the Public Charge Rule Improve the Health and Lives of Children?”

Arturo Vargas Bustamante and Sonja Diaz of UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute argue that COVID-19 has made it even more important to increase immigrants’ trust and participation in public health benefit programs, including marketplace enrollment. Otherwise, immigrant families, they say, will not seek needed care, including COVID-19 vaccination and treatment.

David Hayes-Bautista in The Sacramento Bee: “COVID-19: Kings County saw a 90% Increase in Latino Immigrant Deaths in 2020”

“They work hard, have strong family values, don’t use welfare, are healthy, don’t drink, don’t smoke, etcetera — but for all that work ethic, they are very poorly rewarded. The harder Latinos work, the poorer they are, the less likely they are to have health insurance. They get punished for good behavior,” says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “Working-age Latino Immigrants 11 Times More Likely to die”

“Many of these immigrants are not able to work in professions that could easily be done remotely. They are working in the field, they are working in the kitchens, they are working in professions that some people have classified as essential services … that makes them vulnerable to catching COVID-19,” says Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante (Also: Fresno Bee, Modesto…

Arturo Vargas Bustamante in Health Affairs: “Tips For Navigating A Request for Abstracts”

Health Affairs reported on a webinar with Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, about what makes a successful abstract for someone hoping to publish in Health Affairs.

Chon Noriega in UCLA Newsroom: “Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships”

UCLA led all universities and academic institutions in 2021 with eight professors selected to receive fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Chon Noriega, distinguished professor of film, television and digital media has been named a fellow.

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