State Policy Recommendations for Increasing Latino Enrollment in Health Insurance Coverage

As states across the nation search for strategies to improve outreach and enroll efforts targeting Latinos during the next Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period, the state of Massachusetts offers valuable insights into the facilitators and challenges of Latino insurance enrollment.

This brief is presents policy recommendations for states seeking to improve outreach and enrollment efforts to Latinos. Our recommendations are based on findings from a research survey on barriers to obtaining, maintaining, and using insurance coverage conducted with 3,216 Latinos in Massachusetts, the largest sample size in published literature on this topic to date. JSI, 2015