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Healthcare |
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Affordable
and quality healthcare for African, Hispanic, and Asian
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According to a report by
Johns Hopkins University Institute of Medicine, ethnic racial minority Americans (African,
Latino, and Asian) do not receive the same level of quality healthcare as
non-minority Americans. To most people, this is probably not a surprise.
Since minorities have an average household income less than that of
non-minorities, they are less likely to be able to afford the same level of
healthcare or have it provided for them by their employers.
What is alarming however is
the significant disparity that exists even when comparing conditions when there
is a "level playing field", i.e. the patient has the same insurance status and
income. Most people would believe that given the same insurance status and
income, minorities and non-minorities should receive the same quality of
healthcare. The Hopkins study confirmed previous studies that indicated
that this is clearly not the case.
Studies have shown that
minorities are far less likely to receive:
- Routine medical procedures
- Appropriate cardiac medication
- Coronary artery by-pass surgery
- Kidney transplants or hemodialysis
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