Health care disparities kill 80,000 blacks annually-US study

And at least 50% of the country would agree with him. Funny, ain't it?

Don

and for that matter... African Americans all too often are pathologized by them there experts in the white coats....

>>Many U.S. blacks also say they mistrust doctors and hospitals.<<

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1 in 10 blacks are in prison.

65% of prison population.

America is fucked up.


Interesting synopsis:
http://www.socialistaction.org/news/199904/prison.html

Almost one in ten black men aged 26-29 are in prison, as far as I know - the incarceration rate is a good deal lower in other groups. Not that it's not very depressing that so many in just this group are in jail - these guys are often young fathers whose sons really need them - but let's not make up numbers, either.

The Pedestrian

My GOP Fundie officemate was appalled by reality when I gave him a copy of the article 'Number 1' which gave our real-time ratings when compared to the rest of the world. He said, "And here I thought we were the best in everything. This is disgusting!"

Sometimes, the deluded just need information.

If they weren't so lazy, they'd work hard and get a decent job with insurance coverage. Plus they abuse their bodies with drugs and expose themselves to AIDs. They'll be treated as someone with worth when they show themselves as worthy.

Signed,
Freepers and other conservative extremists

My in-laws are the worst Freepers I know (don't do the site but sound like they do--so Republican they get the party catalog!), and they said all that crap until my MIL got breast cancer, FIL lost his job just after she finished her treatments, and then she developed a nasty auto-immune disease from the radiation treatments and is on COBRA, as no one will insure her anymore. That opened up their eyes, and they actually talk with my husband now about a national health care plan (was an off-limits topic before, but now they want one). :eyes:

CWRU SOM grad! Keep telling the truth, and eventually we will have to listen!

:yourock:

for your husband, as I imagine the fact that about 18,000 people a year die as a direct result of not having insurance must be also. I know he's one of the good ones, working hard to prevent things like this. I just wish there were a lot more like your husband in medicine!

He gets so very angry about all the patients he's desperately trying to help, only to run smack into walls at every turn. Part of it is the patient's issues (has the money for a new car but not for the testing and meds that could save his life, that kind of thing), part of it is the office where he works (they won't take Medicaid, and he's really ticked about that--even though he understands why they don't, as the reimbursements are so bad that it's basically free care), and part of it is just the sucky economy around here (which he blames * for and is really angry about).

We really, really, really need a national health care plan, and we need to get through to everyone that health care is a right! (Then, maybe my hubby will stop grumbling every night . . .)

The type of food and the way it is prepared kills more.

Why did the report focus on differences in health care?

The average American consumes the same amount of fat, salt, and empty calories, regardless of race or ethnic background. In my town, I see people of every color at Krispy Kreme.