The Center for A3 works alongside marginalized communities of colors towards policies that promote equity for Asian Americans in Orange County, California and beyond. Comprehensive data collection is integral to this work. 

Please see below the latest data trends we have uncovered in Orange County. 

Medical – California’s name for Medicaid – has has seen tremendous changes in coverage over the last 30 years, from covering a select group of low-income families and people with disabilities in the 90s to by 2024, providing coverage to undocumented immigrants, the first state in the nation to do so.

This all changed with the Big Beautiful Bill, or HR1. HR1 introduced a series of changes that would effectively cause millions of Californians to lose their coverage. Changes include making formally eligible groups ineligible for Medical – including undocumented immigrants – and the introduction of monthly health premiums and work requirements. 

Asian American immigrants and refugees have benefitted from expansion, and will be affected through H.R.1. 

Please see below data we have collected from the Department of Health demonstrating Medical enrollment for Asian/American communities, disaggregated by ethnicity.  

This data is being constantly updated to reflect the most recent trends. Last updated: 

 The Center for Asian Americans in Action thanks Jadyn Eve Lontoc for their assistance in organizing this ongoing database. 

Sources: Public Policy Institute of California, American Medical Association, The Department

of Health