The Lancet: Structural racism, mass incarceration, and health care system fuel growing health inequalities in the USA – EurekAlert (press release)

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  • Structural racism, including ongoing residential segregation and punitive drug laws, worsen health and fuel inequalities in the USA
  • The richest 1% of Americans now live 10-15 years longer than the poorest 1%, and health inequalities are growing
  • The authors call for reform of the ACA, towards a single-payer system, to address growing health inequalities

Structural racism, mass incarceration, and the widening income gap between rich and poor all feed growing health inequalities in the USA, which the health care system — by its very design and financing – only helps exacerbate, according to a new five paper Series published in The Lancet.

Published as the new administration approaches its first 100 days in office, the Series highligh…

Read the full article at: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/tl-tls040517.php

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  • Structural racism, including ongoing residential segregation and punitive drug laws, worsen health and fuel inequalities in the USA
  • The richest 1% of Americans now live 10-15 years longer than the poorest 1%, and health inequalities are growing
  • The authors call for reform of the ACA, towards a single-payer system, to address growing health inequalities

Structural racism, mass incarceration, and the widening income gap between rich and poor all feed growing health inequalities in the USA, which the health care system — by its very design and financing – only helps exacerbate, according to a new five paper Series published in The Lancet.

Published as the new administration approaches its first 100 days in office, the Series highligh…

Read the full article at: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/tl-tls040517.php

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