KFF Health News October 28, 2024
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.
There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching covid-19, still is too weak to drive.
Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath.
Ponzella McClary brought her 83-year-old mother-in-law, Lula, who has memory issues and had recently taken a fall.
Morris Brown, the family practice physician who owns the clinic, rotated through Black patients nearly every 20 minutes. Some struggled to walk. Others pulled oxygen...
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