Health Insurance tough for minorities

TUESDAY, Aug. 1

From HealthDay News

Hispanic and black adults are up to three times more likely to lack health insurance than their white counterparts.

Minority groups are also more likely to lack access to health care, forego needed care, and struggle with withering medical debt.

Based on telephone interviews with more than 3,000 adults throughout the United States, the researchers found that almost two-thirds (62 percent) of Hispanic adults aged 19 to 64 were uninsured at some point during the past year, a rate more than triple that of working-age white adults (20 percent).

The study also found that one-third of black adults were also uninsured or experienced a gap in coverage during the year.