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This 3 page paper explicates an article which discusses the problem of minorities and health care services. A second reference provides additional information. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that poor people, in general, get much less effective care, or get it later in their illness, than those who are better off. This paper reviews an article that
explores some of the issues surrounding the disparities in health care. Discussion The article is entitled "Medicare as a Catalyst for Reducing Health Disparities," authored by Eichner and Vladeck.
Although obviously it centers on Medicare as a solution to the problem of health care disparities, it also discusses those disparities. One of the most important facts the authors
relate is that Medicare has helped, but not eliminated, disparity in care; but they also say that some disparities "are the result of factors other than health care" (Eichner and
Vladeck, 2005, p. 365). The main determining factor in delivery of health services is socioeconomic status (SES), which "is correlated with health status, and minorities, on average, have lower
SES" (Eichner and Vladeck, 2005, p. 365). Minorities tend to live in substandard housing, have poor nutrition, and smoke, all of which have "long-term impacts on minority groups health"
(Eichner and Vladeck, 2005, p. 365). Minorities also tend to have poor health care in the years before they become eligible for Medicare; and Medicare, as part of the
U.S. health care system, shares some of the biases of that system (Eichner and Vladeck, 2005, p. 365). Instead of helping, Medicare has, in some cases, increased the disparities among
minorities. For example, out-of-pocket expenses may be difficult for minorities to afford, and they are less likely than whites to have any type of supplemental insurance (Eichner and Vladeck,
2005). In addition, and most unfortunately, "either by tolerating or tacitly countenancing access, treatment and quality differentials or by failing to act affirmatively to minimize the possibility of differentials,"
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