Many Hispanics may lack regular healthcare provider.

25 percent of Hispanics in the United States don't have a regular healthcare provider to treat their medical needs," according to a survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. over "one in four Hispanic adults in the U.S....report obtaining no healthcare information from medical professionals in the previous year." Meanwhile, almost "80 percent said they act on the information they receive from media sources." Comment: The most telling point in the study was that 36 percent of males and 37 percent of individuals ages 18 to 29 lack[ing] a usual source of care. Hispanics have similar problems to other minority groups with lack of financial access to both insurance and primary care However, just providing financial access as recommended by both political parties will make little difference without a significant increase in access to a regular source of primary care, which neither party is addressing. Also, many of those without a usual source of care are young and without disease.