McKinsey March 20, 2023
By placing equity at the center of public health programs, government agencies could more effectively address disparities and improve health outcomes for all Americans.
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a global health crisis of unprecedented scale. While its effects were widespread, a disproportionate amount of the harm has been borne by marginalized communities—overwhelmingly low-income households, people of color, and immigrant populations with limited access to resources and health and social services. In the United States, Black, Hispanic, and American Indian or Alaskan Native people were up to 2.5 times more likely than their White counterparts to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and more than 1.7 times more likely to die from the disease.1
These patterns are not new. Unequal outcomes persist across...
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