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Category: Health equity

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Posted inHealth equity

Disability rights activists and scholars warn of eugenics echoes in Trump administration health policies

by Frankie Huang May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

People with disabilities were among the first threatened and harmed by the Trump administration’s dismantling of legal guardrails and federal policies ensuring equitable protections and services.

Posted inHealth equity

Trump’s ‘baby bonus’ perpetuates racist and gendered notions about a woman’s worth

by Chandelis Duster May 10, 2025May 22, 2025
Posted inHealth equity

Why lesbians of color face a maternal health care crisis

by Sam Donndelinger, Uncloseted Media April 25, 2025April 25, 2025
Posted inHealth equity

The HIV crisis people aren’t talking about: Why Black women are 10 times more at risk

by Sharla Steinman, Uncloseted Media February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
Posted inGenerations

What Leonard Peltier’s freedom represents for Indigenous futures

by Nick Tilsen, Yes! Magazine February 5, 2025February 25, 2025
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Posted inHealth equity

The growing inequality in life expectancy among Americans

by Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News January 24, 2025January 27, 2025
Posted inMoney

Medical debt will be removed from credit reports for all Americans under new federal rule

by Jennifer Gerson & Darreonna Davis, The 19th January 8, 2025January 8, 2025
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Posted inHealth equity

Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes

by Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News December 17, 2024December 20, 2024
Posted inElections

The damage Trump’s Cabinet picks could do to communities of color

by Eden Harris December 10, 2024December 20, 2024
Posted inHealth equity

Under Georgia’s abortion ban, she died after delayed care

by Kavitha Surana, ProPublica September 17, 2024December 20, 2024

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