Latino Health and National Health Reform - Media Only - Washington DC

For Reporters Only–

WHEN: Wednesday, August 13, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch available at
noon.)

WHERE: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, Washington, DC (529
14th St. NW, 13th Floor)

SPEAKERS: Susan Minushkin, Pew Hispanic Center
William Vega, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Elena Rios, National Hispanic Medical Association
Sumi Sousa, Office of the Speaker, California Assembly
Ed Howard, Alliance for Health Reform (moderator)
Debra Joy Perez, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (moderator)

By 2050, the U.S. Latino population, already the nation’s largest minority group, will triple in size and will account for most of the population growth in the U.S. over the next four decades. Hispanics will make up almost three out of every 10 people in the U.S. by 2050.
This growth will have important implications for health care in the U.S., and for national health reform.
What health concerns do Latinos have? What diseases affect Hispanics disproportionately and what special prevention efforts are needed for this community? Will we have enough health professionals who are culturally competent to care for Latinos? How should national health reform proposals address the health needs of Hispanics? How were these needs addressed in California’s recent effort at comprehensive health reform? Who should pay for the health care of undocumented immigrants without health coverage?
To answer these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are sponsoring an Aug. 13 luncheon briefing for reporters only. A special focus of the briefing will be the implications of a report to be released Aug. 12 by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on the health needs and health-information seeking behaviors of Latinos who are in the U.S. legally and illegally.
As with all of our Press Club briefings, we will allow as much time as possible for Q&A. Interviews in Spanish with selected panelists are encouraged immediately after the Q&A.
SOURCE: Alliance for Health Reform

Alliance for Health Reform
Bill Erwin, 202-789-2300
billerwin@allhealth.org
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