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You are here: Home / News / Community News / Features / WA’s COFA Islanders win healthcare coverage

WA’s COFA Islanders win healthcare coverage

March 30, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff
NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Gov. Inslee signed SB 5683 alongside community members and legislators.

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill to expand healthcare coverage for Pacific Islanders, and improving equity for Washingtonians on March 22.

The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs called it “a historic day for Marshallese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosraean, and Palauan communities across Washington.”

Citizens from those areas, subject to a U.S. diplomatic act known as the Compact of Free Association (COFA), are allowed to live and work in the United States and join the U.S. military.

They also pay taxes, yet they have severely limited access to Medicaid. Now, they will have access to affordable healthcare.

Many COFA Islanders suffer from chronic health conditions due to U.S. use of the COFA Islands as a nuclear test site in the mid-1990s.

Staff can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News, Politics Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 14 | MARCH 31 - APRIL 6

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