{"id":5084549,"date":"2018-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/latinos-and-hispanics-poised-to-transform-u-s-health-system-with-1-7-trillion-purchasing-power\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T05:00:00","slug":"latinos-and-hispanics-poised-to-transform-u-s-health-system-with-1-7-trillion-purchasing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2018\/12\/11\/latinos-and-hispanics-poised-to-transform-u-s-health-system-with-1-7-trillion-purchasing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos And Hispanics Poised To Transform U.S. Health System With $1.7 Trillion Purchasing Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <em>Photo credit: Latinalista.com<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\">In recent months, immigration, race and ethnicity have dominated headlines. One reason is because with each passing year, more and more people in the U.S. are classified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/8\/19\/9173457\/hispanic-latino-comic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">either Latino or Hispanic<\/a>, with Hispanics being the fastest growing populace in the U.S. And while this population is affected by and accesses our health care system in unique ways, those who embrace Hispanics stand to tap into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/251438\/hispanics-buying-power-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">$1.7 Trillion purchasing power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The browning of America is unquestionably changing the landscape of the U.S. health system, with Hispanics growing in number and thus, influence. Thus, it\u2019s vital for our country\u2019s health leaders, providers and policymakers to think critically about the particular challenges and opportunities that Latino and Hispanic patients introduce<br \/>\ninto the system \u2013 as well as prepare for better ways to serve their wants and needs.<br \/>\nHere are some key things to understand about our shifting demographics and the future of Latino and Hispanic power:<br \/>\n&#8211; In total, Hispanics currently make up about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2017\/09\/18\/how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">17% of the total population<\/a>\u2013 or about 58 million people living in the U.S. This percentage, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/archives\/population\/cb12-243.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Census estimates<\/a>, is expected to double to 129 million by 2060. While politicians have either been clamoring for this demographic\u2019s vote or using them as political fodder, health care leaders have greatly failed to see their potential for influencing the &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<em><strong>To read full story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicolefisher\/2018\/10\/31\/latinos-and-hispanics-poised-to-transform-u-s-health-system-with-1-7-trillion-purchasing-power\/#379301e44c59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicolefisher\/2018\/10\/31\/latinos-and-hispanics-poised-to-transform-u-s-health-system-with-1-7-trillion-purchasing-power\/#379301e44c59<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In recent months, immigration, race and ethnicity have dominated headlines. One reason is because with each passing year, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[998,121,1000,1009,1001,1010],"tags":[1412],"ppma_author":[565],"class_list":["post-5084549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ct-business","category-health","category-ma-business","category-ma-health","category-ri-business","category-ri-health","tag-latinos-and-health-hispnaci-health-consumers"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jermaine Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/author\/jay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"&nbsp; In recent months, immigration, race and ethnicity have dominated headlines. 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