• Partnership for Medicaid’s comment to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Read the letter here.
• Partnership for Medicaid’s letter to Senate leaders in support of extending programs to allow Medicaid beneficiaries to live in their communities. Read the letter here. 

• Opportunities to mentor college students
• Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference
• Opportunities to share your research by being a poster presenter at our annual conference
• Network with healthcare professionals at one of NHMA Regional Events and Annual Conference

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• Health Professional Students Click Here.

• Language barriers: Around 9M Hispanic or Latino people in the U.S. report they speak English “not at all” or “not well.” Hispanic patients with limited English proficiency make far fewer physician visits than those with better English proficiency.
• Health literacy: Understanding the information needed to make appropriate health decisions is important when trying to manage a diabetes diagnosis. Barriers to health care access for Hispanics include a shortage of Hispanic health care providers, limited cultural understanding and health illiteracy.
• Access to care: Hispanics have the highest uninsured rates of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S., which is associated with worse blood sugar control, higher blood pressure and poorer cholesterol levels.
• Environmental factors: Healthy eating is an important element of diabetes management, but Hispanics experience higher rates of food insecurity because they lack access to nutritious and consistent food sources.
• Cultural disconnect: The number of Hispanic physicians in the U.S. has decreased over the last few decades. A physician's understanding of their patients' health care beliefs and preferences is an important part of patient care.