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Dr. Vargas Bustamante in The Sacramento Bee: “California Latinos are behind in COVID-19 vaccinations. Here’s what is holding them back”


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Arturo Vargas Bustamante, said a Trump administration policy that dissuaded immigrants from seeking certain public benefits, like Medicaid, almost might have discouraged Latinos from seeking out COVID-19 vaccines. “Immigrant communities, they just realize that someone like Trump, if not Trump, can come back … and reimpose this type of public charge exclusion,” he said.  

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, said a Trump administration policy that dissuaded immigrants from seeking certain public benefits, like Medicaid, almost might have discouraged Latinos from seeking out COVID-19 vaccines. “Immigrant communities, they just realize that someone like Trump, if not Trump, can come back … and reimpose this type of public charge exclusion,” he said.