Explaining Health Care Disparities Among Hispanics

The largest minority group in America has limited access to health care. What causes these disparities?

Hispanics make up the largest and fastest-growing minority group in America, with more than 62 million Hispanics living in the U.S. Yet government agencies find significant gaps exist in Latinos' health care compared to other groups. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says stigma, racism, poverty and limited access to health care drive these disparities. The pandemic only emphasized the imbalance.  

Numbers from the Kaiser Family Foundation show Hispanics were more likely than White or Black Americans to be hospitalized or die because of COVID-19.