Uninsured Latino children more likely not to get medical care

“Writing in the September issue of Pediatrics, Dr. Flores, one of the country’s foremost experts on multicultural health care issues, sought to identify the risk factors for and consequences of being uninsured in Latino children. Dr. Flores is professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and health policy at the Medical College and director of the Center for Advancement of Underserved Children at the Medical College and Children’s Hospital.

Latinos are the most uninsured racial/ethnic group of children in the United States, with 22 percent (approximately 3 million) of Latino children less than 18 years old having no health insurance coverage in 2005. This compares with uninsured rates of 7.4% among non-Latino white children, 14.5% among African-Americans and 12.4% among Asians/Pacific Islanders.”

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