[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



Hispanic Heritage Month officially began yesterday on September 15th, so
we’re reflecting on how our broken, for-profit health care system
especially harms Latinx people across the United States.

The Latinx community has one of the highest uninsured rates of any racial
or ethnic group within the United States — it was 18% in 2022, over 2.5
times higher than the rate for white people (6.6%).^1 Latinx children are
more than twice as likely as white children to be uninsured. KFF warns
these racial disparities in coverage could further widen with Medicaid
unwinding.

[1]Figure 2: Health Coverage of Nonelderly Population by Race and
Ethnicity, 2022

In addition to experiencing high uninsured rates, Latinx people are
disproportionately hurt by our health care system in other ways. According
to KFF/The Undefeated 2020 Survey on Race and Health, one in five Latinx
adults reported being treated unfairly due to their race or ethnicity
while getting health care for themselves or a family member.^2

And during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indigenous, Black, and
Latinx people were almost 3 times more likely to contract, be
hospitalized, and die from Covid-19.^3 Of Latinx people who have died from
Covid-19, more than 25% were under the age of 60 as compared to 6% of
white people.

[2]Figure 2: People of color have had higher rates of infection,
hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19.

So how do we begin to address these issues? Medicare for All is the
answer: it would cover all people with comprehensive benefits and no
financial barriers to care. Our legislation also contains provisions to
build, upgrade, and modernize facilities and hire staff in underserved
areas. While there is no single policy that would solve systemic racism,
Medicare for All would go a long way toward addressing these inequities.

Together, we are working to build public pressure to pass Medicare for All
legislation in Congress and establish a single-payer health care system
that benefits every person and aims to eliminate these discrepancies.

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Thank you for anything you can do to help us achieve a health care system
that works for ALL. Let’s use this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month as a
reminder to recommit ourselves to the task of achieving health justice!

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

 

Sources:
1 - [ [link removed] ]Health Coverage by Race and Ethnicity, 2010-2022
2 - [ [link removed] ]KFF/The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health
3 - [ [link removed] ]COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity as of
Winter 2022



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