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 ... click here to read more.

Us Against Athero.
LULAC members have the opportunity to take a unique journey inside the human arteries! ... click here to read more.

LULAC Joins Better Health Care Together Coalition to Advocate for a New American Health Care System.
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LULAC Prescription Drug Discount Card Program Is Available To Everyone.
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LULAC Praises the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007.
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Medicare Advantage: Letter to Paul Krugman - OP-ED Columnist - New York Times - May 1, 2007.
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Partnership for Prescription Assistance and LULAC Celebrates Second Annual Patient Assistance Day on April 5, 2007.
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Letter of LULAC's support for more funding for Medicare Advantage programs.
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LULAC Wants U.S. Congress to Provide Much Needed Relief to Hispanic Seniors by Supporting the Medicare Prescription Negotiation Act of 2007.
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Universal Health Care is a Priority for Latinos.
Universal health care is a priority for Latinos that includes affordable and accessible primary, preventive, and emergency room health care that is culturally competent. Latino mothers should have access to pre-natal care and children must have access to immunization, prescription medications, as well as substance abuse education.

LULAC urges pharmaceutical companies and medical research facilities to increase the inclusion of Latinos in their clinical trials. LULAC urges greater awareness among health care providers of the disparities in the health care system and the elimination of bias and stereotyping of Latino patients. LULAC also advocates for patient education programs to increase patients' knowledge about diseases disproportionately affecting Latinos such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and AIDS, but also of how to best find health care and participate in the treatment process.

LULAC strongly opposes any efforts that would require hospital emergency room employees to check on the immigration status of all patients and report any who are undocumented to the federal government for deportation. LULAC also urges an expansion of insurance coverage for children in poverty, as well as increased funding for programs to promote self-esteem and prevent teen pregnancy.

Because of the disproportionate number of Hispanics who are uninsured and under-insured, LULAC strongly urges the creation of a universal health care coverage plan that insures all people in an equitable manner.