Health Insurance Beyond Reach of Many U.S. Minorities

Posted on: August 1st, 2006
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“Hispanic and black working-age adults are up to three times more likely to lack health insurance than their white counterparts.

Minority groups are also more likely to lack access to health care, forego needed care, and struggle with withering medical debt.

Those findings are part of a new report, Health Care Disconnect: Gaps in Coverage and Care for Minority Adults, released Tuesday by The Commonwealth Fund.”

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