Lessons Learned in Medicare Advantage: Accelerating the Drive to Health Equity

Health Affairs January 31, 2022
Elena Rios and Martin Hamlette

Publisher’s note: This post is paid for and provided by Better Medicare Alliance. The views expressed by the authors are their own.

Late last year, a JAMA study confirmed what many minority communities witnessed firsthand: Black, Latino, and Asian individuals living in the United States are disproportionately more likely to receive a positive diagnosis and to be admitted to intensive care units for COVID-19.

The ongoing pandemic has laid bare disturbing truths on health care inequities in the U.S. that have persisted in the shadows all along. Data collected by the American Medical Association shows that today – more than 60 years after the dawn of the civil rights era – Black, Latino, and Asian populations remain less likely to...

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