Latino with No Health Insurance: 2006 National Conference Looks at the Consequences
Conference on the consequences of uninsurance and the health policy challenges of covering uninsured Hispanics
The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) hosted a conference in May 2006 to examine the consequences Hispanic Americans face when they lack health insurance.
The meeting served as the inaugural event of the Raul Yzaguirre Policy Institute, a think tank at UTPA that focuses on policy research and leadership issues affecting the Hispanic population in the United States.
Key Results
- More than 250 people attended the meeting, the "National Uninsured Latinos Conference," May 21–22, 2006, on the UTPA campus.
- The two-day conference featured:
- Four keynote presentations, including:
- John Edwards, former U.S. Senator.
- Henry Cisneros, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- Four panel presentations/discussions, entitled:
- Proposals to Cover the Uninsured.
- Moving from Policy Initiatives to Action.
- Partnering with Stakeholders and Corporate America to Cover the Uninsured.
- Leadership and Health Policy Research Needs.
- Four keynote presentations, including:
- Video versions of some of the presentations are available online.
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided an unsolicited grant of $50,000 from February 2006 through August 2006 to support the meeting. Other support came from Pfizer Inc, AEP-Central Power and Light and Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.
After the Grant
Project Director Jose Pagan made several presentations at other meetings because of the UTPA conference. These included a keynote presentation at a November 2006 symposium, "Addressing Health & Wellness Disparities in the Latino/Hispanic Community," sponsored by the Raul Castro Institute at Phoenix College.