On January 19, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, chair of Seattle City Council’s Finance & Housing Committee, invited NoHLA to coordinate a panel to testify about closing the health coverage gap to achieve Health Equity for Immigrants.

Janet Varon, NoHLA’s Executive Director, highlighted the urgency of addressing access and the previous findings of our report on county-based coverage and our current efforts as part of the statewide Health Equity for Immigrants Campaign.  We were joined by Brenda Rodriguez Lopez of the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network who shared the 2020 Health Equity for Immigrants report and the campaign, Michael Byun of Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) who shared the status of current statewide legislative efforts, and health care providers from International Community Health Services and Confluence Health who highlighted the critical need for coverage among their patients.

Watch the testimony on the Seattle City Council website starting at 1:24:59.