FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 6, 2008

CONTACT: Amy Weiss (202)-203-0448/Debra DeShong Reed (202) 528-0448 for BHCT/Lizette Jenness Olmos (202) 833-6130 ext. 16 for LULAC

LULAC Joins Better Health Care Together Coalition to Advocate for a New American Health Care System

(Washington, DC) -- Better Health Care Together (BHCT) today announced that The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has joined its coalition and will participate in their efforts to fix the nation’s broken health system. They are the newest addition to the diverse coalition of concerned leaders from the business, labor, and public policy sectors dedicated to urging public leaders to build a new American health care system by the year 2012.

“Because of the disproportionate number of Hispanics who are uninsured and under-insured, LULAC strongly urges a health care coverage plan that insures all people in an equitable manner,â€