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Integration, Litigation, And Transformation: Using Medicaid To Address Racial Inequities In Health Care, Ruqaiijah A. Yearby
Integration, Litigation, And Transformation: Using Medicaid To Address Racial Inequities In Health Care, Ruqaiijah A. Yearby
Ruqaiijah A Yearby
Using nursing home care as an example, this article applies a public health policy perspective to the problem. I use empirical data to prove the persistence of racial inequities in health care, analyze the government policies that allow racial inequities to continue, and provide a solution of regulatory integration. Specifically, I propose that civil rights enforcement be integrated with the nursing home enforcement system, which has been aggressively enforced and monitored. There are many strategies that may lead to the adoption of this system. One such strategy is using the Medicaid Act to induce the government to fulfill its non-race …