More Evidence Minorities in U.S. Get Poorer Hospital Care

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Ok folks...not reported are the conditions that these patients are in when they enter the health care facility...only the outcomes are reported. Could it be that the "poor" are really also people who are entering in worse condition than the "rich". Could it be they avoided preventive care and are in worse condition when first seeking medical care? Could it be they are living in a riskier environment (e.g. higher likelihood of getting shot, knifed...to name an extreme case)? I'd like to see stats that compare apples to apples, otherwise I question the motivation of a report like this.

Fair Reporting of VA 10:15AM October 06, 2011

I call bullcrap on that one. This is why you cant walk into an emergency room anywhere, and there not be less thatn 20 Mexicans or blacks in there, getting FREE healthcare....Please. I am so sick of this stupid leftist liberal view I could absolutely vomit. THAT is what is wrong with this stupid government of ours..."Lets pander to these groups, buy a few more votes. If this keeps up, we as a country will be bankrupt and finished.

J Potter of MS 9:57AM October 06, 2011

Well, boy howdy!
If a piece of right wing trash like US News and World Report tells us that minorities in America get worse healthcare than Wall Street brokers, venture capitalist and corporate slimeballs, then I wonder if right wing opposition to President Obama's healthcare has anything to do with race?
Nah! Conservative clowns would never seek preferential treatment based on race, now would they?
Remember how rational, loving and inclusive conservatives were during the civil rights movement? You don't? Well that is simply because they were the ones shooting the firehoses, jailing the protestors and providing the beatings.
So who should be surprised that conservatives don't want Obamacare?

Jacqueline Joyner-Rhys of TX 9:48AM October 06, 2011