Latino Children's Health and Well-Being: SCHIP Makes All the Difference

Author:	Kara Ryan
Contact:	Kara Ryan
Date:	Oct 2, 2007
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Topic:	Health and Family Support
Policies:	Access to Health Insurance, Latino Children’s Health

Summary

The State Children’s Health Improvement Program (SCHIP) is crucial to the health and well-being of Latino children. Hispanic children are disproportionately uninsured, making up one-fifth (20.5%) of all U.S. children, but two-fifths (38%) of children without health coverage. This fact sheet presents key evidence that SCHIP has the potential to further close the health coverage gap for Latino children and to promote equitable access to the care and monitoring that all children need to grow and thrive.