Although day-to-day life in the U.S. has largely moved on from COVID-19, the Biden administration is continuing to pursue coordinated efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and urge Congress to increase funding for antiviral treatments and preparation for future surges.
In Arizona, there were 2,350 new cases of COVID-19 and 99 new...
A new report from Health Affairs indicates Medicaid managed care enrollees who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups have historically worse care experiences than White enrollees. Data from the report adds to the growing list of evidence that the equity gap in healthcare is growing – and will continue to do so until...
Does universal health coverage reduce racial disparities in health? Results of a new study from Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham of Yale’s School of Management suggest it does.
Since 2015, equity has been a cornerstone of Medicare, at which point Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) developed the first-ever CMS Equity Plan for...News
Excess deaths among Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN), and Latino men and women in the United States were more than double those reported among Whites and Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds.
A surveillance study published by the National Cancer Institute in Annals of Internal Medicine calculated...
When Americans become eligible for Medicare coverage at age 65, there are substantial reductions in racial and ethnic disparities including access to care and self-reported health.
Lowering the Medicare eligibility age to age 60 would further reduce health disparities, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The...
As the healthcare world continues to focus on social determinants of health and racial health disparities, researchers are connecting the dots, showing how societal forces of discrimination contribute to unequal health outcomes.
The journal Ethnicity & Disease recently released an extensive, multi-faceted analysis of the...
COVID-19 has shined a bright light on so many problems in America, one of them is racial disparities in healthcare. One root cause of that, according to new research, may be price discrimination: the discrepancy between hospital payments from public and private health plans.
New research from the New England Journal of Medicine...Arizona News
Racial and ethnic health disparities are rooted in inherited inequality and prejudice, with racial and ethnic minorities experiencing inequity in medical treatment and poor health outcomes.
Populations of vulnerable people both in the United States and internationally are more likely to experience more severe effects and higher...
