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Posted on: November 7th, 2005
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“As a Latina, from a community with the highest rate of people who are uninsured, with greater risk for certain diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, and from a state with one of the highest rates of uninsured, I am at the side of the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, and Gov. Bill Richardson to help eliminate health-care disparities and close the health-care gap that affects millions of people in America.
According to several reports, there are a total of 45 million Americans and 8 million children without health insurance. One out of every three Hispanics across the country is uninsured. New Mexico ranks third in the nation, behind Texas and Louisiana, with 26 percent of adult residents uninsured.”
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