MEDICAID OFFERS FAMILIES PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE COVERED DURING COVID-19.
Alberto González, Jr. – Senior Strategist for the Health Policy Project at Unidos US and is a HEALTH POLICY EXPERT ON HOW FAMILIES CAN ENROLL FOR COVERAGE ANY TIME OF YEAR.
More than 70 million Americans receive health coverage through Medicaid, including nearly 18 million Latinos. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion provision, roughly 3 million low-income Latino adults gained coverage through their state’s adoption of Medicaid expansion. Alberto more than half (55%) of the nation’s Latino children get their coverage through Medicaid or CHIP.
More About Alberto Gonzalez:
Alberto A. González, Jr. is a senior strategist for the Health Policy Project at UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza).
His work as a senior strategist focuses on shaping, driving, and advancing UnidosUS’s health policy agenda, including legislative, policy, and issue campaigns at the federal and state level.
Within the Health Policy Project, González develops and implements federal and state health advocacy strategies to maximize health coverage and access opportunities for Latino families.
Alberto produces policy documents to demonstrate the effects of health and safety net programs on the Latino community.
He also communicates UnidosUS’ position and recommended health policy changes to Congress and Affiliates and provides strategic guidance on state health advocacy campaigns to several health equity coalitions at the state and federal level.
Mr. González holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in political science and American studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
Alberto is originally from Pico Rivera, California
For more information, please visit www.unidosus.org
