Latinos as healthcare saviors? – An unlikely source may help aging boomers avoid an insurance crisis.
Tagged: insurancePosted on: October 9th, 2007“A tidal wave of aging baby boomers is crashing down on our already troubled healthcare system, threatening to overwhelm our operating rooms (heart disease is our No. 1 cause of death) and bankrupt insurers that will have to pay for lengthy recoveries from cancer and strokes (our No. 2 and No. 3 causes). Is there anything that can help protect California from this healthcare train-wreck scenario?
Yes, here’s one thing that could, if properly understood and applied, help mitigate the approaching crisis: the surprisingly strong health profile of the state’s nearly 14 million Latinos. “
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