According to the Kansas Health Institute's annual review of health insurance coverage, Latinos in the state are three times more likely to lack health insurance than white residents. "The disparities are a little bit smaller than they used to be, but they definitely still remain," said Kaci Cink, an analyst with the organization.
A little over one in five Hispanics (20.1%) lacked private or public coverage in 2022. The figure for Blacks was 12.7% and 6.2% for White residents. The overall uninsured rate in Kansas was 8.6%, ranking it 13th highest in the United States and exceeding the 6.3% average among states that expanded Medicaid eligibility.
