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“Sarah Mercer, senior program manager for the Latino Issues Forum, said many undocumented Latino workers have jobs in agriculture, construction and service industries where employers are less likely to offer insurance.
She said without insurance, or with insurance that doesn’t provide adequate primary care, many Latinos do not get preventative treatment; instead, they develop chronic conditions that are more expensive to treat when they eventually come in for treatment, often at emergency rooms or community health clinics. “
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