Latino Children and the ACA
Latino Children and the ACA
The U.S. Senate is going to vote today on something having to do with Healthcare. I don’t mean to be flippant, but, there are still unanswered questions. Here’s what we […]
29.1% of All Latinos Uninsured in Total 48 Million Americans Uninsured
By Hispanically Speaking News A Census Bureau report issued today shows that approximately 48 million people in 2012 did not have health insurance. This report shows an increase in the number of […]
Obamacare’s ‘Ojo Insurance’ Option Starts Next Week
By María Purísima, Pocho Ñews Service (PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, D.C.) Latinos who voted to reelect Barack Obama are set to receive one of the benefits he promised: Insurance against mal ojo (“ojo” […]
How Will The Healthcare Reform Decision Affect Latinos?
Whether the U.S Supreme Court will uphold the Healthcare Reform Act or not is something I won’t bother to speculate. There are enough opinions and soothsayers out there to satisfy […]
Life Insurance Helps Family Members Survive The Unexpected
By Roger Martinez Luis Rojas was a motorcycle police officer who wrote short stories before he joined the force. He continued to do so as a way of distancing his […]
Ciro Rodriguez Says He’s The Fighter South Texas Needs
San Antonio, Texas — Ciro Rodriguez spent time during the 1990s and early 2000s serving the people of South Texas in Congress as a Democrat, and most recently lost his […]
News Taco To Go: Snacks, Slurs, Music, Poetry, And Insurance
The Top 5 Things You Sneak Into A Movie Theater GOP Rep. Calls Obama Racist Name, Says He Didn’t Know Bien Hecho: Latina Conductor Makes Classical Music Accessible Book Review […]
Latinas Benefit Big From New Insurance Guidelines
By Maria Elena Pérez, Interim Executive Director National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Latinas by far disproportionately benefit in every area of the new Department of Health and Human Services […]
GOP Cuts To Medicaid Would Devastate Latino Families, Kids
[Editor’s Note: The following comes courtesy SEIU.] By Dr. L. Toni Lewis Medicaid covers one of every two Latino children across this country, and one of every four adults. It […]
Latinas May Suffer Under New Mammography Rules
Latinas — who are already less likely to receive treatment for breast cancer — may suffer even more under new mammography guidelines released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. A […]