MedCity News March 23, 2025
State, federal, and academic initiatives have poured time and resources into understanding and addressing these gaps. So why haven’t we made real, lasting progress?
I’ve experienced the reality of health disparities firsthand. Growing up in a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood in Boston during the 60s and 70s, my family didn’t have access, or, frankly, the privilege, to tap into the depth and richness of Massachusetts’ healthcare system. We paid a price for it. My story isn’t rare; it’s one echoed by countless others.
Health disparities aren’t new, they’ve stretched across centuries. In my lifetime alone, we’ve seen wave after wave of efforts to tackle them: the creation of Federally Qualified Health Centers under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; the...
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