[1]NNU - Medicare for All!
September 15th through October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month, and we’re
reflecting on how our broken, for-profit health care system impacts Latinx
people across the United States.
For more than a decade, the Latinx community has had the second-highest
uninsured rate of any racial or ethnic group within the United States — in
2023, it was 17.9 percent, compared to just 6.5 percent for white
people.^1
[ [link removed] ]KFF Figure 1: Uninsured Rate Among People Under Age 65 by Race and
Ethnicity, 2010-2023
These uninsured rates are even higher in states where Medicaid was not
expanded, and are only expected to get worse due to Republicans’ historic
cuts to Medicaid passed this summer.
Of the 72 million Americans covered by Medicaid, more than half are people
of color, with Latinx people making up 29.9% of all Medicaid recipients.^2
According to Stateline, the $1 trillion cuts to Medicaid may
disproportionately hurt Latinx doctors and their patients.^3
In addition to experiencing high uninsured rates, Latinx people are
disproportionately harmed by our broken health care system in other ways.
According to the 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.^4
In a survey conducted this past August, Data for Progress found that
Latinx voters listed “ensuring high-quality health care for every
American” as their #1 issue.^5
We have the solution to make that a reality: Medicare for All. This
single-payer, universal health care system would cover all people with
comprehensive benefits and no financial barriers to care. Medicare for All
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.
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In the face of so many federal attacks on our care, let’s use this year’s
Hispanic Heritage Month as a reminder to recommit ourselves to the task of
achieving a health care system that truly works for ALL.
In solidarity,
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All
Sources:
[ [link removed] ]1 - KFF
[ [link removed] ]2 - KFF
[ [link removed] ]3 - Stateline
[ [link removed] ]4 - KFF
[ [link removed] ]5 - Data for Progress
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