“It’s hard to deliver that kind of information to communities,” Velez said. “But if we’re not doing that, we aren’t doing our jobs.”
Instead of cheerleading for enrollment, the Spanish-speaking workers Velez has dispatched around the state, who are called promotoras de salud, say they’re being more neutral. They provide information about registration deadlines, what personal information is needed to enroll, and how that data could be shared.
“These are your rights, and these are the risks, but at the end of the day, we don’t tell them to make a decision. The stakes are high, and promotoras are keeping their opinions to themselves on whether or not it’s too risky to enroll. The best they can do is empower people with information.”
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