MHC 6304 5-11

Healthcare disparities are the unique differences in health status that we see from individual to individual and from group to group. Different groups have different rates of disease and death depending on a number of characteristics—race, sexual orientation, geography, etc. Explore healthcare disparities in the U.S. and determine one group of people likely to experience discrimination in healthcare services.

• Identify one policy that encourages healthcare disparities. Explain how it encourages disparities.
• Recommend at least one policy that could help to reduce or eliminate healthcare disparities in that population. Please justify your answer with data and examples.

 Resources:

 Kaiser Family Foundation [KFF]. (2012, November 30). Disparities in health

           and health care. Retrieved from kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief

           /disparities-in-health-and-health-care-five-key-questions-and-answers/.

 U.S. National Library of Medicine [NLM]. (2013, December 6). Health

           disparities. Retrieved from https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

           /healthdisparities.html.

Cite sources in the work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Initial posting should be addressed at 300-500 words.

Justify answers with examples, research, and reasoning.