Kaiser Examines Medicaid's Role For Blacks, Latinos

WASHINGTON - Two new fact sheets from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examine Medicaid's role for black Americans and Hispanic Americans, respectively.

They include data on Medicaid's coverage of black Americans and Hispanic Americans and the program's impact on their access to care, as well as the impacts of the recent recession and the coming expansion of Medicaid under health reform on enrollment in Medicaid among these groups.

Each fact sheet also includes a chart showing state-by-state data on health insurance coverage of black Americans and Hispanic Americans

VIEW BLACK AMERICAN FACT SHEET

VIEW HISPANIC AMERICAN FACT SHEET