U.S. Has Made Little Progress With Health Equity, Expert Says

MedPage Today December 17, 2024
Joyce Frieden

— “We’re really not there”

Health equity has improved little in the U.S. despite many efforts, according to a panel discussion on Monday.

“Are we doing better? Are we doing worse? If we look at the numbers, most of it is that we’re the same. On ending unequal treatment, we found that the progress is minimal. We’re really not there,” said Margarita Alegria, PhD, chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Mass General Hospital in Boston, at an event on health disparities sponsored by Health Affairs and the consulting firm Deloitte.

She highlighted the estimated $1 trillion cost of health inequality in the U.S. based on the “Ending Unequal Treatment” report issued this year — updating a similar report from...

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