One month before the second Affordable Care Act enrollment period ends, the federal government reports that the proportion of uninsured people has reached its lowest level in years. But there are still many people without coverage. The health insurance agency Covered California is trying to reach the large numbers of Latinos who have still not applied for insurance, with a multimillion-dollar publicity campaign. It’s focused especially on families with mixed immigration status who, according to reports, are afraid that when they fill out the applications, they are putting their undocumented family members at risk. Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Rubén Tapia, has the story of one mixed-status couple who decided to apply.
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