Pete Stark: “On behalf of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), a non-profit association representing 36,000 licensed…”

“On behalf of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), a non-profit association representing 36,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States, we write to express our strong support for the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act, H.R. 3162, which will allow the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Medicare, and Medicaid to expand enrollment of Hispanic children and elderly. Since one in five Hispanic children are currently uninsured and only 10 percent of Hispanics eligible for Medicare are enrolled, these programs are vital to increasing access to health care. The mission of NHMA is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations.”