Race and Access to Healthcare Term Paper

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, 2001; Smedley, Stith, & Nelson, 2003). (Copeland, 2005, p. 265)

Populations hardest hit are African-American, Hispanic and Native American populations and as with many other health care access issues the concentration of individuals with limited or no access to healthcare is often associated with low SES urban areas and rural communities with access issues of their own. (Buckley & Van Giezen, 2004, p. 43) (Beverly, Mcatee, Costello, Chernoff & Casteel, 2005, p. 197) the access to health care issue, for many is a cumulative issue that is partnered with a general lack of access to other opportunities, such as adequate housing and employment. (Lopez, 2007, p. 985) it must also be said that job benefits tend to skip over certain employment situations, frequently the lower paying the job the less likely an individual is to have access to job related health benefits, and this statistic is increasing as more and more employers opt out of health care access, due to cost prohibitive plans.
(Lustig & Strauser, 2004, p 38) One final sentiment is that as the trend, though relatively minor right now, to accessing healthcare through international travel, due to cost benefits and as a solution to lack of health benefits is almost an entirely white phenomena, in the U.S. What this says is that alternatives, no matter how discouraged are also not available to racial minorities in many cases. So as those who are able seek out lower cost alternatives to independently deal with the growing cost of health care the disadvantaged are further disadvantaged by yet another missing access point. (Marlowe & Sullivan, 2007, p. 8).....

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