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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

Mounting research shows the U.S. has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health indicators, even as political and public health leaders vowed to do so.

Morris Brown, a primary care physician, says that South Carolina lawmakers’ refusal to expand Medicaid will result in preventable deaths because many people who live near his medical offices in Kingstree and Lake City cannot afford to go to a doctor. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF Health News/TNS)
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, says that South Carolina lawmakers’ refusal to expand Medicaid will result in preventable deaths because many people who live near his medical offices in Kingstree and Lake City cannot afford to go to a doctor. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF Health News/TNS)
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Mounting research shows the U.S. has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health indicators, even as political and public health leaders vowed to do so.

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