There are 2.5 more uninsured Latinos today than their total population of 1.8 million during the 1968 U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing conducted in San Antonio. It’s a social justice issue that requires change from the decades of increasing right-wing political obstruction and discriminatory policies.
Juan H. Flores
Juan H. Flores (juan@ix.netcom.com) is a retired Texas community and public-health analyst and advocate and the founder of Chicano Health Policy Development, Inc. He is the former director of the La Fe Policy, Research, and Education Center, the state-wide policy arm for Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe, an El Paso, Texas-based Federally Qualified Health Center and award-winning health, human services, and social-justice nonprofit serving El Paso’s low-income and vulnerable populations.