Why Latinos Didn’t Get Obamacare

*The problem with Latinos and the Affordable Care Act is that the outreach was too little, it was too late and it was bungled. It was also ill conceived. An education outreach for Latinos would come before an ask. VL

By Clara Riger, National Journal

Democrats still need to convince Hispanic voters that Obamacare is good for them.

Some 10.7 percent of health insurance exchange applicants were Latino, the Health and Human Services Department announced Thursday. This is the first time the Obama administration has released racial and ethnic information about the exchange population, and because applicants weren’t required to disclose their race and ethnicity, the numbers reflect the roughly 70 percent who opted to report.

But the numbers track well with other surveys about the change in the uninsured rate among racial and ethnic minorities. Fewer than 11 percent of uninsured Hispanics got coverage during the Affordable Care Act’s open-enrollment period, according to data from the most recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey. That’s compared with 16 percent gains for blacks, 17 percent for Asians, and 14 percent for whites.

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