Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Already Poor Access Dwindles Further for Working Latino Families

Author:	Kara Ryan
Contact:	Kara Ryan
Date:	Jan 25, 2008
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Topic:	Health and Family Support
Policy:	Access to Health Insurance

Summary

Latinos are more likely to be uninsured than any other major racial or ethnic group in the U.S. This coverage gap is largely due to Latinos' poor access to employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). In 2006, just 40% of all Hispanics were covered by an employer health plan, compared to 66% of non-Hispanic Whites and 49% of non-Hispanic Blacks. This fact sheet shows that employers are less likely to offer Latino workers health coverage; therefore, Latinos have to seek out other avenues of insurance coverage which is often unaffordable.