After reading “Disparities in Health and Health Care 5 Key Questions and Answers | KFF.pdf” Please answer the following:
In your own words tell me what you think “health disparity” or Health Inequality means.
Health disparities are driven by numerous social and economic Inequities. Please tell me which you think has the greatest impact on health (and health disparities) and why? Please back up your assertion with research or statistics.
Which races, even after the passage of the affordable care act, are most likely to be uninsured and/or locked out of health care?
How does COVID-19 and its variants impact races differently? Why are racial minorities more likely to get and die from COVID?
How has the current administration attempted to improve things?
After reading “Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care.pdf” Please answer the following:
1. If “black” Americans had the same quality of insurance, made the same amount of money, and were exposed to pollutants about the same as “white” Americans would they live as long as each other? Why or why not?
2. Please list (in bullet format) the various ways that black receive lesser care by physicians than other races?
3. What is implicit bias and how does it play a role in healthcare (particular regarding physicians)?
After reading “U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective” and “Reducing disparities in Health Care” please answer the following:
1. How is the U.S. life expectancy doing compared to other most industrialized nations? Why? What factors make this so?
2. Is throwing money at the problem of health care disparities the answer? Why or why not?