Ayana Explains Health Inequity in the US

Happy Hollandaise! It's Minority Health Month, that special time of year again when families gather round the fireplace, embrace, sing songs, and compare A1C numbers. Sugar, we are not well. Health inequities in the United States work hard to keep racial minorities from achieving wellness, harder than we do at losing those stubborn 100 pounds. Can we fix the problem before this country runs out of people who look like me? Anything is possible. Sources used in this episode: “How Insurers Can Advance Health Equity Under the Affordable Care Act,” Katie Keith, To the Point (blog), The Commonwealth Fund. August 10, 2021. Available at: https://doi.org/10.26099/818t-pz60. Also available at: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/how-insurers-can-advance-health-equity-under-affordable-care-act. “Hospitals, Insurers Invest Big Dollars to Tackle Patients’ Social Needs.” Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News. June 22, 2021. Available at: www.kffhealthnews.org/news/article/social-determinants-health-care-vulnerable-populations-hospitals-insurers-patient-assistance/. “Strengthening Marketplace Network Rules for Essential Community Providers Is a Matter of Health Equity.” Sara Rosenbaum, Caitlin Murphy, and Rebecca Morris. To the Point (blog), The Commonwealth Fund. January 25, 2023. Available at: https://doi.org/10.26099/rgsv-4523. Also available at: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2023/strengthening-marketplace-network-rules-community-providers-health-equity. “How the Affordable Care Act Narrowed Racial Ethnic Disparities.” Jesse C. Baumgartner, Sara R. Collins, David C. Radley, Susan L. Hayes. The Commonwealth Fund. January 16, 2020. Available at: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2020/jan/how-ACA-narrowed-racial-ethnic-disparities-access#:~:text=Research%20also%20indicates%20that%20the,%2C%20Hispanic%2C%20and%20white%20adults. “The Affordable Care Act 13th Anniversary Marks Advancement in Health Equity.” Irv Randolph, The Philadelphia Tribune. March 16, 2023. Available at: www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorial-the-affordable-care-act-13th-anniversary-marks-advancement-in-health-equity/article_e3af65b4cd7a-53d8-b7bc-29e9850dc592.html. “Health Disparities Stem from Racism in Medicaid and Society: Color of Health Panel Discusses Inequities in Healthcare.” Julie Washington, Cleveland.com. Originally published on February 25, 2021; updated March 7, 2023. Available at: www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2021/02/health-disparities-stem-from-racism-in-medicine-and-society-color-of-health-panel-discusses-inequities-in-health-care.html. “What is Health Equity?” CDC.gov. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/index.html#:~:text=Across%20the%20country%2C%20people%20in,compared%20to%20their%20White%20counterparts. “Health in the Segregated City.” Mariana C. Arcaya and Alina Schnake-Mahl. October 2017. NYU Furman Center. Available at: https://furmancenter.org/research/iri/essay/health-in-the-segregated-city. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayana-fakhir6/support

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