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Health secretary urges Latinos to reduce health "disparity"
La Prensa SA ^ | 1/15/15

Posted on 01/14/2015 6:01:54 PM PST by Libloather

Miami, Jan 14 (EFE).- Just one month before the end of the sign-up period in the health insurance market for 2015, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Wednesday urged Latinos to register and thus reduce the health "disparity" that historically has faced the group.

"As one of the fast growing communities in the nation, Latinos' health is vital to the overall well-being of our country," said Burwell, who - along with Hispanic leaders - on Wednesday launched "Latino Action Week" to encourage members of that minority to sign up for health insurance on Obamacare's exchanges before the Feb. 15 deadline.

At a press conference, Burwell said that some 2.6 million Latinos have obtained health insurance since October 2013, and she reminded Hispanics that financial aid is available for those who cannot pay for the coverage.

She also said that 85 percent of the 7.1 million people who have enrolled during the first period received federal subsidies, adding that eight of every 10 people can get health insurance for $100 per month or less thanks to the available aid.

(Excerpt) Read more at laprensasa.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; latinos; obamacare; secretary
Don't do it. They'll own you.
1 posted on 01/14/2015 6:01:54 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

They don’ need no steenkin’ health insurance, when the emergency rooms are free!


2 posted on 01/14/2015 6:24:35 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Libloather

85% Obamacare subsidized.
47m on food stamps
The entitlement army marches forward to the 2016 POTUS election!


3 posted on 01/14/2015 6:26:53 PM PST by nascarnation (....)
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To: Hugin

I always wonder the fetish of “living in the shadows” the DC politicians claim. If you are illegal you...Pay no taxes, thieve the identity of someone else, don’t have to worry about jury duty or audits, qualify for welfare, get free healthcare, drive illegally with no threat of repercussions, get to vote, and get to school your entire family (all things not available to tax paying hard working citizens and legal immigrants).

Why they heck would anyone want to be legal when you are illegal?


4 posted on 01/14/2015 6:54:30 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Libloather

Wait till all those subsidized ObamaCare enrolees find out they can have their tax refunds withheld if the government thinks they made too much money


5 posted on 01/14/2015 7:08:21 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Libloather

You Lie!


6 posted on 01/14/2015 9:12:55 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: Libloather
Latino Health Step One - Don't stand so close to me in the check out lane.

Step Two - Don't let your children roll around on the bare supermarket floor like that.

Step Three - Don't let your children blow raspberries on all the produce.

Step Four - Heck, you uncivilized cave people, just pick up a weapon, go back to Central America and take back your own country.

7 posted on 01/14/2015 10:33:36 PM PST by conservativeimage (Own your challenges without blaming others for them. Bide your time and hold out hope.)
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8 posted on 01/14/2015 10:53:10 PM PST by conservativeimage (Own your challenges without blaming others for them. Bide your time and hold out hope.)
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To: Libloather

One major factor in “health disparity” that the media will never mention is IQ disparity. The stupider you are, the more likely you are to do unhealthy things.

Another factor they won’t mention is that a population that reproduces at a young age will have a shorter average lifespan. A population that reproduces at a later age will have a much longer average lifespan. There are multiple reasons for this, but a significant one is the simple fact that those who are genetically disposed to die during early adulthood will not pass that propensity to offspring they don’t have.


9 posted on 01/15/2015 5:01:33 AM PST by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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