LULAC pushes for a health-care reform bill this year

By Elaine Ayala - Express-News The largest U.S. Latino civil rights organization announced a nationwide effort in San Antonio Wednesday to push for health care-reform legislation this year that includes a government-run health insurance plan.

Called the public option, it’s defined widely as a program much like Medicare that would be available to everyone, especially the uninsured.

Amid signs that read “Health Care Can’t Waitâ€