Uninsured in Chicago: How the Social Safety Net Leaves Latinos Behind

Eleven million Latinx citizens around the country remain uninsured, despite their eligibility. Robert Vargas' book "Uninsured in Chicago" explores the roots of this crisis and how it impacts marginalized groups. It highlights the unique struggles Latinx people face as the largest racial group without health insurance in the United States and imagines new, powerful ways to strengthen the social safety net to better serve vulnerable communities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 19 February 2022
Publisher: New York University Press

More than a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, around eleven million Latinx citizens around the country remain uninsured. In Uninsured in Chicago, Robert Vargas explores the roots of this crisis, showing us why, despite their eligibility, Latinx people are the racial group least likely to enroll in health insurance.

Following the lives of forty uninsured Latinx people in Chicago, Vargas provides an up-close look at America's broken healthcare system, and how it impacts marginalized groups. From excruciatingly long waits and expensive medical bills to humiliating interactions with health navigators and emergency room staff, he shows us why millions of Latinx people avoid the healthcare system, even in times of need.

With a compassionate eye, Vargas highlights the unique struggles Latinx people face as the largest racial group without health insurance in the United States. An intimate account of the lives of uninsured Latinos, this book imagines new, powerful ways to strengthen our social safety net to better serve our most vulnerable communities.

Dimension: 9 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781479807130