Almost a month after the application period began for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the government webpage was still giving people headaches. It is still not possible to apply online in Spanish, and the English website suffers from delays and freeze-ups. Republican leaders in Congress began hearngs to discuss these problems and even demanded for the Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius to step down. Amidst this climate of confusion and antagonism, some large Latino organizations launched a campaign to encourage millions of Latinos to apply for insurance before the official deadline. José López Zamorano reports from the nation’s capital.

(Español) “Me cansé de estar en las sombras” continúa, “y muchas de mis compañeras están en las sombras. Estamos en las sombras y creo que este es un buen momento de que escuchen y vean que la mujer inmigrante, trabajadora, aporta mucho a este país.. no venimos solamente a pedir ayuda económica a este país.