American Medical News Articles on Health Disparities

Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.

A proposal floated by lawmakers to decrease Medicare physician payment rates in higher-spending, lower-quality areas probably would punish efficient doctors, according to an interim report.

An annual ranking of counties based on health status found that gaps between the healthiest and unhealthiest regions of states are wide — and getting wider.

Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.

A message to all physicians from AMA President Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, on the Association's efforts to address unequal care, from access to outcomes.

Black patients are less satisfied with care from doctors who show unintentional bias. Highly segregated areas have disparities in lung cancer death rates, research shows.