African-American Healthcare

Paper Summary:

This paper asks the question: "Is everyone treated equally, or are certain populations still at a disadvantage within the healthcare community?" The paper compares the healthcare services available to the African-American community against the non-minority population. The paper refers to a study conducted by Johns Hopkins, which reveals that even when minorities are presented with the same benefits and access to quality care that non-minorities are, they were still less likely to receive the same "quality" non minorities would.

From the Paper:

"Part of the difficulty in acquiring medical care is the ability to obtain health insurance coverage. Many African Americans and minorities reside at or below the poverty level. According to a 2001 Census Bureau report, "although medicaid insured 13.3 million poor people, 10.1 million poor people still had no health insurance in 2001, representing 30.7 percent of the poor" (Census, 2001). When sick people do not have access to proper healthcare, regardless of race, they will continue to get sick."

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