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Latinos Signing Up For ACA In Strong Numbers

Mary Mata December 16, 2013

By David Martin Davis, Fronteras As the rollout of the Affordable Care Act continues, the Obama administration is intensifying its outreach — especially to Latino households and Spanish speakers. With […]

For Latinos, Death Takes a Holiday

Mary Mata December 6, 2013

Spanish-language Obamacare site expected to be functional this month

Mary Mata December 4, 2013

For One Young Latino, Cancer Means Never Give Up

Mary Mata December 3, 2013

By Araceli Martínez Orteg, La Opinion/New America Media RIPON, Calif.–When Manny Perez rides his bike and breathes in the fresh morning air, he feels free, and does not think about anything — […]

Young Latinos Are Feeling the Positive Effects of the Affordable Care Act

Mary Mata November 27, 2013

By Jose Aristimuno, Latinovations If you’ve ever shopped for health insurance, you know that the prices for adequate health care, whether for an individual or a family, are unreachable. In […]

Bilingualism: Key to delaying dementia?

NewsTaco November 18, 2013

By Danielle Restuccia, Saludify If you speak more than one language, here’s some good news: you’re protecting yourself against dementia. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, recently showed that […]

Latinas struggle from Texas family-planning clinics cuts

Mary Mata November 15, 2013

By Hope Gillette, Saludify Approximately 25 percent of state-funded family-planning clinics in Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley closed after funding was cut in 2011, leaving a number of women, particularly […]