A key finding from a health care study this month was poignant: “Racial and ethnic inequities are pervasive across all state health systems,” according to the report from the Commonwealth Fund, a health care foundation.
The Covid-19 pandemic only extended the divide, the health care foundation found in an extensive study of U.S. data. Average life expectancy for Black and Hispanic people fell more sharply compared with White people.
Such racial health inequities have plagued communities of color for decades. Eddwina Bright experienced them firsthand seven years ago when she gave birth to her first daughter, and the ordeal prompted her ...
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