In part 1, medical students Andrea Martinez and Vivek Shah reflect on immigrant healthcare, discussing the negative impacts of public charge, ICE detention centers, and cultural incompetence on mental and physical health of patients with an immigrant background. By relating this topic to their personal experiences as the children of immigrants, they give the audience an introduction to the tangible effects of healthcare inequity on life, health and attitudes in the household. In this episode, they review the xenophobic history of public charge, the horrifying condition of immigrant detention centers and the value of culture competence on adherence to treatment plans and attitdues towards the healthcare industry. They are joined by Bharat Shah, a 79-year-old South Asian immigrant from India who moved to the U.S. in 1992 as he comments on his experiences receiving healthcare in America. Bharat shares his opinions on the US healthcare system, comments on the value of having healthcare providers who communicate in language, and compares the virtues Indian healthcare.

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