Opinion: The emergency room is where the United States’ social problems come home to roost
The emergency room is where the United States’ social problems come home to roost.
From “Legacy” by Uché Blackstock, M.D., published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright © 2024 by Uché Blackstock, M.D.
In the U.S., access to health care has long depended on insurance and a person’s ability to pay, with patients of color making up a disproportionate number of the under- or uninsured, as I have seen firsthand.
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