Hispanic Access to Health Care Significant Gaps Exist.
Abstract
In 1989,33 percent of all Hispanics-including 37 percent of Mexican-Americans, 16 percent of Puerto Ricans, and 20 percent of Cuban-Americans had no health insurance at all. To a large degree, the high rate of noninsurance among Hispanics is the result of being employed in jobs that do not provide health benefits. If Hispanic workers had the same rate of health insurance coverage as white workers, the overall rate of noninsurance among members of Hispanic families would have been 18 percent. Many Hispanics are concentrated in states with the most stringent Medicaid eligibility criteria, such as Texas and Florida; they thus have difficulty gaining access to this public health insurance program. Despite recent efforts to collect data on Hispanic health, a comprehensive view of the morbidity and mortality trends of the different Hispanic subgroups is not available at this time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA367736
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office