Trump Is Pressed for More Covid Data by Race to Fix Inequities

Lawmakers in the House are turning up the heat on President Donald Trump’s administration to publish more information on Covid-19 patients by race, saying insufficient data is hurting efforts to remedy equities in the U.S.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to release specific Medicare outcomes data based on race, ethnicity, and gender, as agency heads have previously promised to do. The agency also needs to make public a comprehensive strategy for reducing racial disparities in Covid-19 cases, he said.

“This is a wholly inadequate response,” Pallone ...