Episode Details

New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren't being tested enough for COVID-19. What's standing in the way, and what's being done to address it?

Guests: 

Ana

Matt Notowidigdo, PhD, University of Chicago Poverty Lab

Samantha Artiga, Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation

Dawn Mautner, MD, MS, Medical Director, Oregon State Medicaid; Senior Health Advisor, Oregon Health Authority

Monica Juarez, MPH, Regional Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Health Authority

Special thanks to medical anthropologist Whitney Duncan who provided translation services and whose research on immigrant health connected us with Ana.

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