Latinos in the United States are less likely to have adequate health insurance than Americans overall, according to a new survey from health research nonprofit The Commonwealth Fund.

The nonprofit found that 46 percent of Latinos in the U.S. of working age have health insurance for the whole year and are not underinsured, according to the survey published Tuesday.

Another 21 percent of working-age Latinos have insurance for the whole year but are underinsured, meaning they have out-of-pocket costs—excluding premiums—equal to 10 percent or more of their household income, according to the survey.

For low-income Latinos in the U.S., that means having out-of-pocket expenses, excluding premiums, that amount to five percent or more of their household income. The term also applies to Latinos with year-round health insurance but with deductibles that amount to five percent or more of their household income.

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