{"id":3339,"date":"2016-06-27T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3339"},"modified":"2016-06-27T07:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T11:49:07","slug":"for-many-in-baltimores-growing-latino-community-health-care-is-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3339","title":{"rendered":"For Many In Baltimore\u2019s Growing Latino Community, Health Care Is A Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michael Anft for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span class=\"bold\">Cecilia Ramirez is worried about her weight and troubling symptoms that hint of diabetes, but she won\u2019t seek medical help because she can\u2019t afford it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t go to the doctor when I\u2019m sick \u2014 it\u2019s too expensive,\u201d she said, adding that worries about her weight and troubling symptoms that hint of diabetes will also have to wait until she can afford to make an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Though she is a sales worker at an insurance agency in Highlandtown, an East Baltimore neighborhood that has seen an influx of Hispanic immigrants in recent years, Ramirez, 23, has no health insurance. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/for-many-in-baltimores-growing-latino-community-health-care-is-a-challenge\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31017681&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8_Yz9zPxFwMemliP3na-f9Q7Zdhnkz5MI7twNo7ejPWdYqHsZWXxO3GrxdLlzMuPnxVg9kbl8G160x_zxpp3851awZ1w&amp;_hsmi=31017681\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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