LULAC in Healthcare

This article talks about LULAC organizing to voice opinions of the healthcare and how Latinos in the United States would like to see reform. Healthcare is probably the number one topic right now among American politics and will continue to be so all the way through the presidential elections. It makes sense for Latinos to mobilize their efforts to put their two cents into this topic. If new healthcare reform is every reached, which it likely won't be any time soon, it is crucial for latinos to participate because if new reform is ever reached I am sure that there will be a conflict between illegal immigrants and legal immigrants wanted to have access to healthcare.

Latino Leaders Launch Effort to Make Their Voices Heard In National and State HealthCare Debates.

LULAC Joins Forces with Health Groups to Discuss Universal HealthCare

April 17, 2008

For more information, contact:
Javier Dominguez, 202-833-6130 ext. 12
Vivian Todini, 917-747-7980


Latino leaders from the Northeast will gather at the first “Latino Voices in Universal Heath Care, A Regional Action Summit,” designed to bring Latino voices to the healthcare reform debate. The Universal Healthcare Summit will take place on Saturday, May 3rd, 9:30 am to 4 pm at the Sheraton 4-Points, at 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, Connecticut. LULAC members and friends are encouraged to participate. The Summit is free and open to the public.

The purpose of the Summit is to provide a forum for our nation’s fastest growing segment of the population to discuss policies important to their community. There is much at stake for Latinos. In Connecticut alone, while Latinos are 10 percent of the state’s population, they constitute 40 percent of the uninsured. These numbers reflect nationwide trends. The summit will feature various U.S. Senators who will join a large group of Hispanic students from around the U.S. to discuss the critical issues facing their communities in the areas of immigration, education, civil rights, judicial system amongst other issues. Latino leaders will identify opportunities for organizing and building state and national coalitions to advance the universal health care for all.

For more information, please go to http://www.latinosnhi.org/events.php or Register HERE.

Universal HealthCare Foundation of Connecticut and Latinos for National Health Insurance are the cosponsors of the event. The Host Committee includes: the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), District Council 37 (AFSCME), NY Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, The Connecticut Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, Columbia University Center for the Health of Urban Minorities, Hispanic Center of Excellence Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Universal Health Care Action Network, NYU Center for Latino Health, National Hispanic Council on Aging, and Healthcare NOW.

The League of United Latin American Citizens advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.