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Thomas M, James C. 2009. The role of health coverage for communities of color. Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 9 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief highlights variations in health coverage by race and ethnicity and examines the role health coverage plays for communities of color. The brief focuses on the non-elderly adult population. Topics include health insurance status of racial and ethnic groups, who are the uninsured, why communities of color are at higher risk of being uninsured, why coverage matters, and why addressing health coverage is important to communities of color and the health reform debate.

Contact: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 854-9400 Secondary Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (650) 854-4800 Web Site: http://www.kff.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Communities, Ethnic factors, Health insurance, Uninsured persons, Racial factors, Low income groups, Minority groups

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