Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are consequences of the low numbers of Black doctors. A massive gift to Black medical colleges may help build those numbers.
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Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are two consequences of the lack of Black doctors.
A health policy researcher explains how doctors determine their pay rates, and the system that lets them do it.
A scholar of 18th-century America and the founders analyzes the Supreme Court opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion, which he says relies on an incomplete version of US history.
With the Supreme Court likely to strike down constitutional protection for abortion, a centuries-old debate over its morality and legality has been reignited.
Cutting back or cutting out social safety net programs, as the Senate and House health care proposals would do, is rare. Here’s a look at how such actions have fared.
Cost and quality issues have long plagued the U.S. health care system because insurance companies both finance and manage medical care. So how did we get stuck with this system in the first place?
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University and Assistant Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
