They explore how structural racism is tied to residential
segregation in Washington, D.C., with social, economic, and political disenfranchisement of Black residents yielding large health inequities by race and place.
King and coauthors present a timeline of policies and practices designed to have differential effects on health care access and outcomes by race, such as redlining, and those that have had differential effects regardless of intent, such as hospital closures.
King and several D.C. community leaders convened recently to discuss how structural racism affects their work in health care. Watch that conversation here.
She reports that consumers continue to enroll in Marketplace coverage at record-breaking numbers and highlights the Biden administration’s notice of benefit and payment parameters rule and other guidance for the 2023 plan year.
“The proposed rule addresses a range of requirements, including standardized plans, network adequacy, and nondiscrimination,” she explains.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Trisha Kaundinya discusses how robust use of the electronic health record is an opportunity to improve the documentation of disability and accommodations—and thereby better the quality of care for patients with disabilities.
Health Affairs’ Jane
Hiebert-White, Don Metz, and Rob Lott celebrate the career of Lee-Lee Prina, long the voice and dedicated editor behind Health Affairs’ regular GrantWatch section, who will retire at the end of the month.
Patti Sweet,
Health Affairs' director of digital strategy, discusses how search engine algorithms reinforce racism and create virtual obstacles that prevent conversations about inequity.
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