Equity in Healthcare: Georges Benjamin, MD

OCCUPY!: An Unfinished Uprising · Mar 18, 2021 · 34m

Expanding Access

Health insurance is essential to accessing healthcare. The uninsured do not get routine preventive care and, therefore, experience lower health outcomes. We must have a system that includes everyone, whether through private or public sector options. The Affordable Care Act, which was just bolstered by the newly passed American Rescue Plan, goes a long way, but many states still need to expand Medicaid in order to close the insurance gap.

COVID in Minority Communities

COVID hit minority communities hardest. African-Americans were three times more likely to get COVID, and twice…