Latina to help Obama on health reform

Alliance President and CEO Joins President Obama at White House to Launch Health Reform Agenda
Nation's largest network of Hispanic health advocates committed to achieving meaningful health care reform in 2009
PRESS RELEASE

WASHINGTON, DC - "We have work to do to cover the uninsured, improve access for the underinsured, and make sure that once someone has access it is to the type of services they need for their health," said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's leading Hispanic health advocacy group. "Health reform must no longer be a dream deferred. America's families facing strained household budgets cannot wait another year for the peace of mind brought by access to quality health care."

According to Dr. Delgado, one in three Hispanics (34%) are uninsured and the economic crisis is increasing the number of families that must go without insurance. "There was a clear sense of urgency in today's White House Summit to act on the common ground we have to achieve access and improve quality of health care," commented Dr. Delgado after participating in today's health care reform summit convened by President Obama.

"The recently enacted State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion will cover approximately 2 million uninsured Hispanic children and stimulus support for Medicaid, insurance payments for the uninsured, and expanded community services are important down payments on health reform. Now it is time to get the rest of the job done on access and quality. The entire Alliance network is committed to working with Congress and the President to enact meaningful health reform in 2009," concluded Dr. Delgado.

New Data on Hispanic and Foreign-Born Populations in the U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, today released updated statistical profiles of the Latino and foreign-born populations in the U.S. Derived from the 2007 American Community Survey, these profiles feature downloadable data on detailed characteristics of the Latino and foreign-born populations at the national level. The Center is simultaneously releasing demographic profiles of the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations at the state level for 2007.

The Center has also made several improvements to its web site to ease access to its public opinion research, databases and other resources. A search feature allows users to find questions from all national Pew Hispanic Center polls since 2002. The results of the search also yield links to associated tabulations and reports. Easy to navigate buttons and drop down menus now offer ready access to survey databases, state fact sheets, statistical profiles, publication archives and other resources.

The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy research organization based in Washington, D.C. and is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.