What does race have to do with LGBTQ healthcare?

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What does the survey tell us about LGBTQ HealthCare 

We shared on Queer Money® podcast episode #372 that 87% of the community has health insurance either through their employer or through the open market. Someone asked us about the racial breakdown of the other 13%, so we dug a little deeper.

First, with the survey, we wanted to overweight for transgender, and non-binary folks in the survey since so many surveys that include LGBTQ folks seem to focus heavily on lesbian and gay.

• Racial breakdown of the survey
  • White – 68.8%
  • Black – 12.5%
  • Hispanic/Latino – 9.3%
  • Asian 3.4%
  • Multi-racial – 2.7%
  • prefer not to say – 2%
  • other – 0.75%
  • Arab – 0.4% 

• Racial breakdown of those with health insurance 
  • White – 69.6%
  • Black – 12%
  • Hispanic/Latino – 9.3%
  • Asian 3.6%
  • Multi-racial – 2.5%
  • prefer not to say – 1.9%
  • other – 0.63%
  • Arab – 0.4% 

• Racial breakdown of those without health insurance 
  • White – 64.1%
  • Black – 15.9%
  • Hispanic/Latino – 9.3%
  • Multi-racial – 4.1%
  • prefer not to say – 2.5%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • other – 1.4%
  • Arab – 0.4% 

 

What do the numbers tell us?

• • Asian or white, on average, were slightly more likely to have healthcare 
  • Hispanic/Latino or Arabs are neither more nor less likely to have healthcare
  • Black, multi-racial, those who chose not to specify their race, and those that chose other are all slightly more likely to not have healthcare

Let’s break down the percentages

• • Asian at 90%
  • White and Arab at 87.5%
  • Hispanic/Latino at 86.6%
  • Black at 82.9%
  • Prefer not to say at 82.5%
  • Multi-racial – 80%
  • Other at 73.3%

 

What can we take away from this information?

• • Race does have an impact on whether or not you have healthcare in the LGBTQ community.
  • Every racial group w/in the LGBTQ community is below the national average when it comes to having health care insurance.
  • Healthcare insurance access is very much tied to both having a job or having a good source of income.

 

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