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Marketing Mistakes Hurt Latino Enrollment In California

Mary Mata March 7, 2014

By April Dembosky and KQED, Kaiser Health News/Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been decades since the advertising industry recognized the need to woo Hispanic consumers. Big companies saw the market […]

Poor and Hispanic Workers Are Least Likely to Have Sick Days

Mary Mata March 6, 2014

New data book outlines Hispanic/Latino health

Mary Mata February 27, 2014

Pregnant Teens Under Age 15 Are More Likely To Be Hispanic

Mary Mata February 26, 2014

By Yesha Callahan, Clutch New research published in the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology shows that teens who are under the age of 15 and who become pregnant are almost three times […]

Feds: 80 Percent Of Latinos Qualify For ACA Tax Credit

Mary Mata February 17, 2014

By  David Martin Davies, Fronteras A new analysis from U.S. Health and Human Services estimates that about eight out of ten Latinos across the nation qualify for tax credits to buy […]

Texas Politicians Blocking Health Care for Workers

Mary Mata February 7, 2014

By Juan Flores, NewsTaco Millions of Texas workers have had no health insurance coverage or have struggled to keep it before the arrival of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or ‘Obamacare’. […]

Is ‘love’ the missing health link in the Hispanic Paradox?

Mary Mata January 24, 2014

By Hope Gillette, Saludify The Hispanic Paradox is the phrase used to describe the longer lifespan of Hispanics in the United States, despite high rates of chronic disease It has baffled […]