National Academies of Sciences

The past 20 years have seen little progress in addressing health care inequity, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. According to the report, Despite spending the most on health care among high-income countries, the U.S. has some of the worst population health outcomes…  The U.S. health care system is highly influenced by societal factors, and delivers different outcomes for different populations by its very design.  The system’s inadequacies disproportionately affect minoritized populations, with stark racial and ethnic inequities in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality, and many chronic diseases. The report goes [...]