Access to Health Care: What a Difference Shades of Color Make

Professor Majette\u27s timely article examines an age-old problem: the effect of race and ethnicity on a patient\u27s receipt of health care. Her article analyzes some of the major health care access issues, with a focus on barriers confronting African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Some of the barriers include inability to pay, cultural insensitivity, a shortage of health care providers, and discrimination. She also examines some of the unsuccessful legal solutions and remedies designed to eliminate these barriers. Given the complexity of the access barriers encountered by people of color, Professor Majette concludes that only an interdisciplinary approach can eliminate them. Her proposed approach requires business, legal, and medical professionals to collaborate in developing a health care system that meets the needs of a racially and ethnically diverse population

The Role of Federal Governments in Pandemics

How can governments design social safety nets to reduce the individual, societal, and global impact of a pandemic