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     One of the sources I found was from the Kaiser Family Foundation. I found this source from searching keywords such as "healthcare" "disparities" and "asian" in the google search bar while filtering the search to provide only scholarly sources. This source gives statistics on health coverage of asians, socioeconomic differences between different asian groups, and statistics on asian discrimination that affects healthcare quality and access. This source notes that "one in four said they or a household family member decided not to apply for or stopped participating in a government program to help pay for health care, food, or housing in the past year due to immigration-related fears" (KFF) showing statistics on how social and economic conditions can affect overall access to healthcare and physical health. This source was extremely helpful in providing statistics on how Asian American health has been effected by socioeconomic conditions. However...

       The discrimination against Asian Americans during the covid-19 pandemic disproportionately affected asian communities. Stereotypes spreading throughout the country characterized covid-19 as "Kung Flu" or "the Chinese Virus" stigmatizing asian communities as disease ridden and detrimental to society. This lead to a decrease in quality medical care for asians along with creating barriers to receiving medical care. Not only were asians struggling against the pandemic and its social implications, an increase in anti-asian violence spread fear throughout asian communities. To support these claims, I would need to find statistics on asian-violence, covid-19 infection rates and death rates (based on ethnicity), along with any supporting research on the barriers to seeking medical help.