The Potential of Federal Legislation to Reduce Latino Children’s Health Disparities.

In 2005, more than 3.2 million Latino children did not have access to health coverage for the entire year, representing nearly two-fifths (38.8%) of the uninsured children in the U.S.

Latino children represent nearly one out of five children (19.7%) in the U.S.

Over the past decade, Latinos have sealed their place as the country’s largest minority group. With the expanded national presence of this vibrant and youthful population, Hispanics increasingly contribute to the economic, ...

El programa estatal de seguro médico para los niños (SCHIP por sus siglas en inglés), una asociación federal y estatal que surge de Medicaid, proporciona seguro médico a los niños de familias con ingresos bajos a moderados ...

Medicaid, along with the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), is important to many Latinos, who are less likely than any other major racial/ethnic group to have access to traditional private coverage.

El State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP, por sus siglas en inglés) fue creado en 1997 con un fuerte apoyo bipartidista.

En el 2005, más de 3.2 millones de niños latinos no tuvieron cobertura de salud durante todo el año, conformando casi dos quintas partes (38.8%) de los niños sin cuidado médico de los Estados Unidos