In Need of Hispanics in Health Care

In Need for Hispanics in Health Care

The Health Care industry is seeing a significant change to the presence in the market and the job opportunities.  The Hispanic population is expected to grow by 20 million people which is three times larger than any other racial group in the United States.  To put it into perspective, by 2020, one out of five Americans will be of Hispanic origin.  With the increase in health care coverage across the United States to the public, due to the Affordable Health Care act, the demand for bilingual health care workers will be on the rise too. 

In the United States, only 10% of the work force in the Health Care industry of Hispanic decent.  The low percentage of Hispanic doctors,nurses, phlebotomists, and home health aides, does not meet the numbers necessary to service the increasing population.  According to Modern Health Care and Forbes,  health care coverage strategies have been employed throughout the United States to implement strategies in order to educate, certify, and add to the services for the Hispanic population. The more prominent tools have involved technological tools, such as portals or courses in Spanish, to help educate and expand access to patients and workers alike. 

The plan is said to dramatically add more Spanish speaking health care workers in the work force by 2020.