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	First Indian American, APA Woman Astronaut Mourned Globally By AsianWeek Staff and Associated Press Sam Rao, former director of the Indo-American Community Center in Santa Clara, Calif., vividly remembers astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s 1999 visit to the Bay Area. His center, which focuses on making connections between youth and seniors, had worked hard to organize the event honoring Chawla as an important role model. “Since she was with NASA, there were all kinds of things that we had to go through to be cleared before she could come speak,” Rao said. “But once it was cleared, she was so enthusiastic, she even called me ahead of time to discuss her presentation.” COMPLETE STORY...		Asian Woman Seeking Water and Wit (Feature) First Indian American, APA Woman Astronaut Mourned Globally (in National News) Taking a Stand (in Bay Area News) Going Out with Style (in Sports) Capturing the Stuff of Dreams (in A&E) Emil Amok: Space Immigrant (in Opinion)

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States’ Budget Gaps Imperil Health Care for Low-Income APAs By Shirley Lin | Special to AsianWeek Widening budget deficits — the largest since World War II — and surging health care costs have prompted officials in nearly all 50 states to perform surgery on Medicaid, the federal program for low-income Americans. But Asian Pacific American health advocates say targeting the program will eliminate a critical safety net for working-poor communities and jeopardize the services local clinics are committed to providing for the underserved. The expansion of a popular dental clinic for APAs in San Francisco’s North East Medical Services (NEMS) program, for example, may be shelved according to Linda Bien, acting chief executive of the 32-year-old community health clinic. Officials at NEMS project the medical center will lose 8,000 dental visits, or $1 million, on its newly expanded dental clinic in the next year if Gov. Gray Davis’ widely-watched Medicaid overhaul is approved. More ...

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