Proportion of Black physicians in U.S. has changed little in 120 years, UCLA research finds Enrique Rivero | April 19, 2021 A new UCLA study finds that the proportion of physicians who are Black in the U.S. has increased by only 4 percentage points over the past 120 years, and that the share of doctors who […]
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The Problem With Trauma Culture The focus on all forms of trauma except economic exploitation has helped to disguise the problem at the heart of neoliberalism. Ibrahim Rayintakath for Noema Magazine ESSAYFUTURE OF CAPITALISM BY CATHERINE LIUFEBRUARY 16, 2023 As a species, human beings have always been vulnerable to the shock of an unforeseen violation
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Groundbreaking study shows babies of rich Black women die at higher rates than those of poor white women The “landmark” study is noteworthy since it is the first to demonstrate how Black families, regardless of their financial condition, are disproportionately impacted by the dangers of childbirth. TheGrio Staff Feb 14, 2023 A groundbreaking new analysis
The rising cost of health care continues to be one of California’s most urgent issues, according to a newly released statewide survey conducted by the California Health Care Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago — with more than one in four Californians (27%) saying they or someone in their family struggled to pay
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Employer-based health insurance was a failure during the pandemic. Here’s how single-payer healthcare could do better. Paul Constant Feb 5, 2022, 8:15 AM …and with roughly 30 million Americans uninsured, two-thirds of all family bankruptcies in America citing medical expenses as the primary reason for their financial ruin, and one in seven Americans reporting that they’d avoid seeking medical
Warren Buffett: Health care is a “tape worm” for the U.S. cbsnews.com May 8, 2017 / 8:34 am / Motley Fool In fact, Buffett claimed at Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) annual shareholders meeting that other corporate leaders who complain about tax rates know the real issue is health care. He even went so far as
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