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Obamacare: "Latino Week of Action" Targets the Uninsured

With only three weeks left in the latest Affordable Care Act enrollment period, U.S. health officials and community advocates are ramping up efforts to sign up difficult-to-reach Latino Americans.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the nonprofit coalition Enroll America and other national enrollment partners have launched a “Latino Week of Action” targeting uninsured consumers in Latino communities across the country.

More than 15 national organizations are hosting local and online events this week to educate consumers and provide resources to help them sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

“With the help of our partners, we’re going to push for a very strong finish,” HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said during a media briefing to announce the enrollment initiative.

Latinos have seen some of the largest coverage gains in the first two open enrollment periods under the Affordable Care Act, Enroll America President Anne Filipic said at the briefing. Yet, they remain more likely to be uninsured than other Americans.

One in five Latino American adults still lives without health coverage, she said, citing a recent Urban Institute study. And four in five still don’t know that financial help is available to lower their monthly premium.obamacare, health insurance

This year’s open enrollment period, which began on Nov. 1, 2015, ends on Jan. 31.

Consumers who enroll by Jan. 15 can get Obamacare coverage effective Feb. 1. Those who sign up later in January can get coverage that begins on March 1.

For Jan. 1, 2016, coverage, consumers had to enroll by Dec. 17, 2015. That deadline reflected a two-day extension granted as a result of unprecedented demand, federal officials said.

“On Dec. 15th — our busiest day in history — we signed up 600,000 people for health coverage in just 24 hours,” Burwell said.

As of Jan. 7, approximately 11.3 million people had signed up for coverage: 8.6 million through HealthCare.gov in 38 states and another 2.7 million in 13 state-based marketplaces, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported last week. Those numbers reflect health plan selections — not the number of people who have paid their health plan premiums, which is the final step to initiate coverage.

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