Latinos gain big on Obamacare: Uninsured rates fall by 20 percent

Obamacare has certainly proven beneficial to key segments of the Latino population, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund found.

The uninsured rates for Latinos in the 19- to 34-year-old range, along with those categorized as non-elderly but primarily Spanish speaking, have fallen dramatically since the first round of Obamacare enrollments — by 19 percent and 20 percent, respectively, The Hill reported.

“The Affordable Care Act appears to be working for millions of Latinos who, as a group, have long faced the nation’s highest uninsured rates,” said Michelle Doty, the lead author of the report, the Hill reported. She is also the Commonwealth Fund’s vice president for survey research and evaluation. “These substantial improvements will mean better health and health care for millions of people.”

Latinos accounted for 10.7 percent of the population that joined Obamacare on the federal exchanges, The Hill reported. The Commonwealth Fund said seven in 10 of those Latinos were uninsured, before Obamacare was passed.