COVID-19 and Achieving Health Equity: Congressional Action Is Necessary To Address Racism And Inequality In The U.S. Health Care System | NLM

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COVID-19 and Achieving Health Equity: Congressional Action Is Necessary To Address Racism And Inequality In The U.S. Health Care System

09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Published: 9/2020. This 46-page report examines the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality in infection rates and health outcomes, and structural racism within the health care system. It describes the impact of COVID-19 on the health of communities of color and discusses a few of the factors that have contributed to inequality in health outcomes, including exploitation of communities of color, segregation, discrimination, and bias within the health care system, lack of access to high-quality care, and social determinants of health. (PDF)