Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans†Health

By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam

Video by Hannah Norman

November 15, 2024

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<br /> <span class="byline">Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam</span><br /> <span class="byline photographer"><br /> <span>Video by <strong>Hannah Norman</strong></span> </span></p> <p>The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.</p> <div class='code-block code-block-2' style='margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;'> <div data-type="_mgwidget" data-widget-id="1715322"> </div> <script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); </script> </div> <p>KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports, and interviewing dozens of academic researchers, doctors, politicians, community leaders, grieving moms, and patients. </p><div class='code-block code-block-3' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <div data-type="_mgwidget" data-widget-id="1771000"></div> <script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq");</script></div> <p>During the past two decades there have been 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans relative to white Americans. That represents a loss of more than 80 million years of life, according to a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2804822">2023 JAMA study</a>.</p> <p>The video features senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, along with Morris Brown, a family care physician in Kingstree, South Carolina.</p> <p><em>Learn more about the “Systemic Sickness” series here.</em></p> <p>
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By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam

Video by Hannah Norman

November 15, 2024

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<br /> <span class="byline">Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam</span><br /> <span class="byline photographer"><br /> <span>Video by <strong>Hannah Norman</strong></span> </span></p> <p>The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.</p> <p>KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports, and interviewing dozens of academic researchers, doctors, politicians, community leaders, grieving moms, and patients. </p><div class='code-block code-block-6' style='margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;'> <div data-type="_mgwidget" data-widget-id="1771001"> </div> <script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); </script> </div> <p>During the past two decades there have been 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans relative to white Americans. That represents a loss of more than 80 million years of life, according to a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2804822">2023 JAMA study</a>.</p> <p>The video features senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, along with Morris Brown, a family care physician in Kingstree, South Carolina.</p> <p><em>Learn more about the “Systemic Sickness” series here.</em></p> <p>
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