As listeners are likely aware the Biden administration has given priority to addressing health equity, meaning distributing health-related resources based on recipients’ needs. This is not surprising since, in part, research published in JAMA in June 2019 by Zimmerman and Anderson concluded, "there has been a clear lack of progress in health equity during the past 25 years in the US." (Think: the failure of neoliberalism.) When discussing health equity, the issue of social determinants of health (SDOH) are immediately begged since one’s social or lived environment is substantially more responsible than medical care in explaining one's health status and because the poor and/or minority population’s social and economic circumstances are comparatively far worse. This explains why, as Trust for America's Health (TFAH) recent report titled, "Leveraging Evidence-Based Policies to Improve Health, Control Costs, and Create Health Equity," notes, race and ethnicity-based health disparities total over $90b annually in excess medical costs. Listeners of this podcast are aware I’ve discussed the social determinants of health on several occasions over the past nine years. For example, this past March I discussed the topic with UCSF’s Drs.
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As listeners are likely aware the Biden administration has given priority to addressing health equity, meaning distributing health-related resources based on recipients’ needs. This is not surprising since, in part, research published in JAMA in June 2019 by Zimmerman and Anderson concluded, "there has been a clear lack of progress in health equity during the past 25 years in the US." (Think: the failure of neoliberalism.) When discussing health equity, the issue of social determinants of health (SDOH) are immediately begged since one’s social or lived environment is substantially more responsible than medical care in explaining one's health status and because the poor and/or minority population’s social and economic circumstances are comparatively far worse. This explains why, as Trust for America's Health (TFAH) recent report titled, "Leveraging Evidence-Based Policies to Improve Health, Control Costs, and Create Health Equity," notes, race and ethnicity-based health disparities total over $90b annually in excess medical costs. Listeners of this podcast are aware I’ve discussed the social determinants of health on several occasions over the past nine years. For example, this past March I discussed the topic with UCSF’s Drs.