From Axios:
Health care in America is deeply unequal, and it might get worse.
Why it matters:
All of the innovation in the world won't make any difference to patients if it's unaffordable or inaccessible, and right now everything in the pipeline is headed for a two-tiered system.
"It's not only inequities in access to the system, but then also differential experiences even within the system," said Samantha Artiga, vice president and director of the Racial Equity and Health Policy Program at KFF.
When you look at health outcomes, "you will see persistent and long-standing disparities in health … really from the beginning of life to end of life."
While some groups of Americans are undoubtedly better off on the whole than others, there can be substantial variation even within socioeconomic groups.
"People have multiple identities and don't fit into one single box, so their experiences are going to be shaped by who they are based on multiple different dimensions," Artiga said.
and...
People who live in rural areas may not physically have access to doctors or even hospitals near where they live.
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