Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Many Hispanics Shut Out of U.S. Health Care System

Immigration status and health insurance play key roles in access to care, survey finds

Posted August 13, 2008

Many Hispanics get their health care information from Spanish television and radio, Minushkin said. Hispanics who are bilingual or English speakers and better educated and younger tend to get health information from the Internet, she added.

More information

For more on Hispanics and health care, visit the Pew Hispanic Center.

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