Mary Wiltenburg, Author at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:15:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=32 Mary Wiltenburg, Author at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø News 32 32 161476233 A Young Latina In Baltimore Struggles To Keep Her Family Healthy /news/a-young-latina-in-baltimore-struggles-to-keep-her-family-healthy/ Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:00:58 +0000 http://khn.org/?p=637173 Nathaly Uribe works in a busy insurance office in East Baltimore. But while she sells car and home insurance all day, she can’t afford health coverage for herself.

Uribe is a DREAMer, meaning she qualifies for the Obama administration’s “deferred action” program for people who came to this country as small children. Her mother is undocumented and her sister is a citizen.

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Reporting for WYPR and Kaiser Health News, Mary Wiltenburg explores how this mix of immigration status and low income have been barriers to health care for the family.

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