Health Equity

Medicine needs to see what disability means, looks like, and feels like — in its ranks and in its patients

Abstract: Even 25 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities make up fewer than 3% of U.S. med students.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: July 23, 2021

Author(s): Maggie Salinger

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.