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[https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/segregation-health-care by AMA Journal of Ethics] | [https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/segregation-health-care by AMA Journal of Ethics] | ||
Structural racism is deeply embedded in US health care. Legally sanctioned racial segregation in hospitals ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with fiscally incentivized enforcement through Medicare payment structures implemented in 1966. Yet, practices such as sorting patients by insurance status still perpetuate de facto racial and class segregation, especially in academic health centers. | Structural racism is deeply embedded in US health care. Legally sanctioned racial segregation in hospitals ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with fiscally incentivized enforcement through Medicare payment structures implemented in 1966. Yet, practices such as sorting patients by insurance status still perpetuate de facto racial and class segregation, especially in academic health centers. | ||
=====Black history in the United States: Key moments from slavery to George Floyd Published===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52963325 by BBC 9/6/20] | |||
The 46-year-old died after being arrested, and pinned to the ground, by police officers in the US city of Minneapolis. | |||
