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The time period “well being fairness” means various things to totally different individuals. It’s about entry to medical care — however not solely entry to medical care. It’s about race, ethnicity, and gender; revenue, wealth, and sophistication; and even geography — however not solely these issues. And it’s about how historic and institutional racism, manifested in issues like over-policing and contaminated ingesting water, can inflict well being issues years and even generations later.
In a dwell taping on Sept. 6 on the Texas Tribune Pageant, particular visitors Carol Alvarado, the Texas state Senate’s Democratic chief, and Ann Barnes, president and CEO of the Episcopal Well being Basis, together with KFF Well being Information’ Southern bureau chief Sabriya Rice and Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony, joined KFF Well being Information’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to debate all that well being fairness encompasses and the way present inequities can most successfully be addressed.
Anthony additionally previewed “Silence in Sikeston,” a four-part podcast and documentary debuting this month exploring how a historical past of lynching and racism continues to negatively have an effect on the well being of 1 rural group in Missouri.
Additionally talked about on this week’s podcast, from KFF Well being Information’ “Systemic Illness” undertaking:
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