MENA populations from accessing critical resources intended to assist historically marginalized communities. (4) Independent researchers and private sector research initiatives have found significant health disparities between MENA individuals and the non-Hispanic White population, as well as significant overlap between the health outcomes and health conditions of MENA individuals and those of other racial and ethnic minority groups. (5) Poor health outcomes are often connected to impoverishment in other aspects of life and are exacerbated by additional barriers to access high-quality health coverage, whether in terms of language, eligibility, health literacy, or discrimination at the point-of-service. (6) A recent study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggested that MENA individuals are not perceived as White and do not perceive themselves as White. (7) Research on the health outcomes and health conditions of MENA individuals is troubling and suggests that efforts must be made on the Federal level to disaggregate the demographic data of MENA individuals from the demographic data of individuals in the non-Hispanic White category and fully understand the social determinants of health for health disparities and outcomes experienced by MENA individuals. (8) Under the current Federal standards for data on race and ethnicity, demographic data on MENA individuals is aggregated into the same category as demographic data on individuals of European ancestry, which limits the ability of the Federal Government to understand the factors that contribute to health outcomes for MENA individuals. (9) The Federal standards for data on race and ethnicity effectively obscure the reality of minority health and health disparities by aggregating demographic health data on MENA individuals with that of Europeans. (10) MENA individuals are not included among the groups for whom the OMH works to improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities, which further limits the opportunity of