Lancet series: “America: equity and equality in health”

April 7, 2017 By in US Health Policy

Yesterday, the Lancet published a new series “America: equity and equality in health.”  It is available online for free (you need only to register on the site).  In addition to the five papers (below), there is an accompanying editorial as well as comments from Senator Bernie Sanders and Thomas Sequist.  I had the pleasure of co-writing the paper on the Affordable Care Act with colleague/mentor, Dr. Danny McCormack.  The papers are:

  • “Inequality and the health-care system in the USA”,  Samuel L Dickman, David U Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler
  • “The Affordable Care Act: implications for health-care equity,” Adam Gaffney, Danny McCormick
  • “Population health in an era of rising income inequality: USA, 1980–2015,” Jacob Bor, Gregory H Cohen, Sandro Galea
  • “Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions,”   Zinzi D Bailey, Nancy Krieger, Madina Agénor, Jasmine Graves, Natalia Linos, Mary T Bassett
  • “Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA,” Christopher Wildeman, Emily A Wang