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Long after she transformed herself from a blue-collar worker into vice president of Diana’s Mexican Food Products, her family’s $30-million corporation, Hortensia Magaña remained concerned with the fate of the working class.
When she learned that hospitals routinely charged the uninsured more than those covered by insurance companies, Magaña launched a battle to eliminate the inequity. As chairwoman of the consumer group Consejo de Latinos Unidos, Magaña helped spark a congressional inquiry, and her work ultimately resulted in lower healthcare prices for many uninsured workers.
Magaña died of cancer July 1 at her home in Rancho Palos Verdes, the family announced. She was 70.”*
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