Category: Resist Trump Highlights

NCLEJ’s Statement on the House Republican Plan to Repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Millions of Americans Will Lose Health Coverage The Republican House ACA replacement bill, the American Health Care Act, will result in millions losing health care coverage and jeopardize the lives and health of the estimated 20 million people…

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NCLEJ Opposes the Federal Government’s Efforts to Limit ACA Marketplace Coverage

NCLEJ takes action to protect health care for low-income and immigrant communities. We submitted comments opposing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would limit low-income families’ ability to obtain health coverage through the Affordable…

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Help Us Fight for Immigrants

Please see below the email we sent on February 21, 2017 on this important issue.  

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NCLEJ Urges a Rigorous Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Labor

See below the text of a letter co-signed by NCLEJ. Chairman Lamar Alexander Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate Ranking Member Patty Murray Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate January…

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Theresa Lau’s Op-Ed on the Importance of the Affordable Care Act Published in NBC News

An op-ed by Theresa Lau, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation Partners and In-House Counsel Community Law Fellow, has been published in NBC News. In response to the 2016 election results, Theresa, along with many other healthcare advocates, opposes the new administration’s…

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NCLEJ Statement on 2016 Election

In April 1944 in New York City, while on shore leave from the Merchant Marines, Woody Guthrie recorded “This Land Is Your Land,” which many regard as an alternative National Anthem.  Guthrie’s timeless song, with its refrain of…

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