AXIOS April 18, 2024
Even states that made progress narrowing racial and ethnic health disparities have considerable gaps on access, outcomes and quality of care, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.
The big picture: Black and Native Americans are much likelier to die early from preventable illnesses than their white and Asian counterparts.
- “Health equity does not exist in any state in the U.S.,” said David Radley, a senior scientist at the Commonwealth Fund and an author of the report.
What they found: Overall, the health system performs below average for Black and Hispanic people in most states, according to the analysis.
- Six states — Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawai’i, New Hampshire and New York — had above-average health system performance...
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