Schwarzenegger's Cuts Unhealthy for Korean Families

[achtungbaby]

Korea Times (http://times.hankooki.com/), News Report,
Translated by Aruna Lee, Dec 10, 2003

Korean Americans are protesting California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans to suspend a program that provides health care to children whose parents have no health insurance, reports the Korea Times in Los Angeles.

Schwarzenegger proposes to cut off enrollment to the state's Healthy Families program in Jan. 2004. In Los Angeles county, 7,545 Korean families have registered with the program, and an additional 11,964 Korean families from throughout the state are enrolled in the program. Approximately 281 Korean families are signing up with the program each month according to the report. If the proposal passes, more than 3,000 Korean families will be without health care, according to Korean activists.

Korean immigrants are also fighting the governor's plan to cut funding for the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), CalWorks, a welfare to work program and food stamps.

On Nov. 2, the California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative held a press conference to denounce the governor’s proposed budget cuts.

Dae Jung Yoon, program director for Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, said that they will be sending out letters and making calls to Gov. Schwarzenegger and to the State Assembly to voice their opposition to the new proposals.

[golden_buns]

Hmm...I didn't know Koreans used those benefits. Everyone in K-Town seems loaded with money.

[kboy75]

Hmm...I didn't know Koreans used those benefits. Everyone in K-Town seems loaded with money.
well, just cause they drive a benz doesn't mean they are loaded. they could be living in a shithole and driving that benz, working 14 hour days to pay for that benz.

also, some people actually do have money and others do not. and i'd hate to say this, but some immigrants actually can afford health insurance easily, but simply will not pay for it out of their own pockets because of these benefits. i don't know how many times i've seen korean families live in a nice house in the suburbs, buy each of their kids a brand new car, send them all to college, and qualify for medicaid. WTF? the system is messed up, not this measure to cut this Healthy Families program.

it's unfortunate that the kids who really need it will suffer.

[golden_buns]

well, just cause they drive a benz doesn't mean they are loaded. they could be living in a shithole and driving that benz, working 14 hour days to pay for that benz.

also, some people actually do have money and others do not. and i'd hate to say this, but some immigrants actually can afford health insurance easily, but simply will not pay for it out of their own pockets because of these benefits. i don't know how many times i've seen korean families live in a nice house in the suburbs, buy each of their kids a brand new car, send them all to college, and qualify for medicaid. WTF? the system is messed up, not this measure to cut this Healthy Families program.

it's unfortunate that the kids who really need it will suffer.

yeah, I was gonna say, cuz everytime I go to K-town, my friends and I are the only ones in Accords, and evryone else is driving a Bimmer, MB, Porsche, or Land Rover.

But then again, what's the point of ranting for this? how about just getting a Ford and paying for Insurance? instead of getting an MB an using Medicaid

[hooligan]

i think we've got another jesse ventura on our hands. all that arnold has been able to do is cut services to a lot of minorities and immigrants. at ucla, our outreach budget has been axed heavily. we're in danger of losing a lot of a high school outreach that isn't supported by student fees. a lot of my friends who work with these programs might not be able to outreach to their respective communities, as well as lose a job.

how's the korean community coping?

:(

-ben