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HHS Launches Health Care Web Site for Spanish-Speakers
CuidadodeSalud.gov will connect Spanish-speakers to "new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage," HHS said in a news release on Wednesday.will connect Spanish-speakers to 'new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage,' HHS said on Wednesday.
(CNSNews.com) - The Health and Human Services Department has unveiled a Spanish-language Web site intended to help non-English-speaking U.S. residents “take control of their health.”
CuidadodeSalud.gov will connect Spanish-speakers to “new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage,” HHS said in a news release on Wednesday. The new Web site is similar to HealthCare.gov, which HHS launched in July.
The Spanish-language Web site allows individuals, families, and small businesses to compare both public and private health coverage options tailored specifically to their needs.
In several places, the Web site states that that only U.S. citizens or legal immigrants qualify for Medicaid, CHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), and the new pre-existing condition insurance plan (PCIP).
However, as the Heritage Foundation has noted, nothing in the new health care law bars illegal immigrants from purchasing insurance through the yet-to-be-established government health-insurance exchanges, which are slated to begin in 2014.
“CuidadoDeSalud.gov will give Latinos across the nation better information about the choices they have, how much they cost, and what they can expect from their doctor--specific to their life situation and local community,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
HHS says the new Web site is particularly important for Latinos, more than one in three of whom are uninsured. Half of Latinos do not have a regular doctor, and 20 percent of low-income Latino youth have not had a health care visit in at least one year -- a rate three times higher than that for high-income whites, HHS noted.
Many illegal immigrants turn to hospital emergency rooms for medical care.
In October 2010, CuidadoDeSalud.gov will include price estimates for health insurance plans, HHS said. And in coming weeks, “new information on preventing disease and illness and improving the quality of health care for all Americans also will be posted.”
CuidadodeSalud.gov will connect Spanish-speakers to “new information and resources that will help them access quality, affordable health care coverage,” HHS said in a news release on Wednesday. The new Web site is similar to HealthCare.gov, which HHS launched in July.
The Spanish-language Web site allows individuals, families, and small businesses to compare both public and private health coverage options tailored specifically to their needs.
In several places, the Web site states that that only U.S. citizens or legal immigrants qualify for Medicaid, CHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), and the new pre-existing condition insurance plan (PCIP).
However, as the Heritage Foundation has noted, nothing in the new health care law bars illegal immigrants from purchasing insurance through the yet-to-be-established government health-insurance exchanges, which are slated to begin in 2014.
“CuidadoDeSalud.gov will give Latinos across the nation better information about the choices they have, how much they cost, and what they can expect from their doctor--specific to their life situation and local community,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
HHS says the new Web site is particularly important for Latinos, more than one in three of whom are uninsured. Half of Latinos do not have a regular doctor, and 20 percent of low-income Latino youth have not had a health care visit in at least one year -- a rate three times higher than that for high-income whites, HHS noted.
Many illegal immigrants turn to hospital emergency rooms for medical care.
In October 2010, CuidadoDeSalud.gov will include price estimates for health insurance plans, HHS said. And in coming weeks, “new information on preventing disease and illness and improving the quality of health care for all Americans also will be posted.”
