Community Outreach Helps Hispanic Kids Get Insurance

“Compared to usual U.S. government outreach and enrollment programs, Hispanic case managers from the local community are much better at getting health coverage for uninsured Hispanic children, a new study shows.

As reported in the December issue of Pediatrics, the study included 275 uninsured Boston-area Hispanic children and their parents. Some of the children were assigned to an intervention group with trained Hispanic case managers, while others were sent to a control group that received traditional Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program outreach and enrollment….”

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