Everyone in Los Angeles depends on quality, affordable health care to live healthy, productive lives, and the Inflation Reduction Act is a historic step forward to achieving those goals. For the Latino community specifically, this law will provide a modicum of economic stability, improved health care, and a cleaner environment for our children and families. While additional efforts are needed to address the intersectionality of individuals’ social determinants and their quality of care, this law is a stepping-stone toward improving health outcomes within the Latino community in Los Angeles. Nationally, nearly 19 million seniors and others on Medicare will save approximately $400 annually thanks to this legislation, and the pharmaceutical industry finally has an important check on their power.
Author Archives: Jessica Nunez
Jessica Nunez is a first-generation college student who graduated from UCLA with a double major in Cognitive Science and Spanish, Community and Culture. Nunez is strongly passionate about the intersection of medicine, community health, and social justice, and she uses journalism as a creative outlet to share the experiences of marginalized communities that are often disproportionately impacted by health disparities and systemic injustices. Nunez strives to become a physician advocate in underserved communities.
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Las reformas del sistema de salud ayudarán a superar las disparidades entre los latinos
Gracias al trabajo del presidente Biden y de los demócratas en el Congreso, las personas mayores finalmente están comenzando a obtener los costos de medicamentos más bajos que merecen. Un año después de la aprobación de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación (IRA), entraron en vigor disposiciones destinadas a reducir los costos de cobertura […]