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Surgeon general pick may boost primary care focus
And the nominee for surgeon general is...Regina Benjamin, a primary-care physician who's been part of a center studying healthcare disparities at the National Institutes of Health. She comes with... Read more...
Groups urge legislators, president to address healthcare disparities
Sadly, there are often large disparities in between the health outcomes of different minority groups, including higher rates of death from some conditions. Now, with a new president in place,... Read more...
Study: Medicaid patients don't get cancer screening
Medicaid patients may not be getting the screening they need for cancers such as colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer--and a new study suggests that it may be due in large part to their primary... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers say
SPOTLIGHT... Broader health coverage could reduce disparities, lawmakers sayWhile it wouldn't eliminate health disparities entirely, proposals to expand health insurance to all U.S. residents could... Read more...
