"And the question I think that you pose to the health care industry is an important one. And we haven’t even touched on, you know, structural choices about how you price different drugs, or what hospitals move in or move out of different neighborhoods, and the racism inside the insurance system as it stands, the fact that 60% of Black folks are on Medicaid, while 60% of white folks are in private insurance, and private insurance reimburses at 3.7x times the value of Medicaid, which means that you’re literally valuing those bodies at 3.7x as much."
~Dr. Abdul El-Sayed discussing an antiracist healthcare system with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Listen to the Podcast.
~Dr. Abdul El-Sayed discussing an antiracist healthcare system with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Listen to the Podcast.
“Racial inequities have, for too long, been tolerated and accepted as normal in this country. The overt brutality displayed by police makes this clear, but these inequities extend to health care, housing, and education.”
~Dr. Susan Rogers, president-elect of Physicians for a National Health Program
~Dr. Susan Rogers, president-elect of Physicians for a National Health Program