study by the Federal government<\/a> found that nearly 90,000 men and women of color die each year in America because they don’t have the same quality of health-care as whites.<\/p>\n“The data showed that health insurance is a key barrier to health care among blacks and Hispanics, resulting in difficulties or delays in obtaining care…”<\/p>\n
The truth is that many rural states with white-dominant populations already have a significant percentage of their population in government provided health programs.<\/p>\n
Medicare, Medicaid, the VA and taxpayer-supported healthcare for government workers provide the lion’s share of healthcare in states like Wyoming and North Dakota.<\/p>\n
But under America’s current lopsided system, those same benefits aren’t made available to working class African American and Hispanic families.<\/p>\n
Many of those families are working full time, multiple jobs in some cases, but still can’t afford access to care.<\/p>\n
We need to hear those concerns voiced deliberately. It’s especially important to hear from policy experts whether non-profit “collectives” can effectively reach people in urban neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
It’s fair to ask why President Barack Obama — the nation’s first black president — has held town hall meetings on healthcare in white-majority communities, but never in an urban neighborhood.<\/p>\n
America may be moving grudgingly toward being a post-racial society. But health is one of the major disparities that remain.<\/p>\n
In the current debate, we need to confront that life-and-death reality head on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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