Latina Lista: Lack of Health Insurance Touches Majority of Latinos and Notably the Chicano Poet Trinidad Sanchez Jr.

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Posted on: August 3rd, 2006
Filed Under: [ Health ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Commentary ]

“When it comes to having health insurance, it is a luxury item for many people ”” and for far too many Latinos.

In a 2005 Current Population Survey, it was found that though the uninsured were more likely to be white, “the uninsured are disproportionately Hispanic to a significant degree. Hispanics represent 14% of U.S. residents but comprise 30% of the uninsured.:”

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