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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

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The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S.

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Health Care Providers Are More Politically Engaged in the 2020 Elections

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Until 2016, physicians’ voting rates in U.S. voters to the election polls…including health care providers. A good current example of this is an essay published in the AMA’s website asserting, “Why it’s okay for doctors to ask their patients about voting.”

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Growing Support for Medicare for All – But Do People Really Understand What It Means?

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That’s because the Democratic primary, and the upcoming general election, is about more than just health care, said Leslie Dach, campaign chair for health care advocacy group Protect Our Care and a former adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. and $460.50