Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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Q&A: A safety-net physician discovers her power to help patients

Amna Khan, MD, became a pediatrician to work at the intersection of social justice and medicine. Learn about a fellowship that’s giving her a boost.

Health Equity
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April 21, 2023: National Advocacy Update

Surge in medical liability premiums increases reaches fourth consecutive year and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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National Health Equity Grand Rounds: Follow the Money!

The National Health Equity Grand Rounds series episode, Follow the Money!, took place on May 9, 2023.

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National Health Equity Grand Rounds
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How ethics of meat and health transcend the dinner plate

Meat production creates ethical challenges both within clinical practice and at an institutional level. Learn how to respond.

Ethics
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Q&A: Why strained EDs can’t overlook social factors driving health

Dhara Amin, MD, leads ED quality efforts at Chicago’s Cook County Health. The Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship aids her work on health equity.

Health Equity
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This pediatrician speaks up for Mississippi moms, infants

Hattiesburg Clinic’s Anita Henderson, MD, the MSMA, and many others spent years pushing to expand Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum. Now it is law.

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Hannibal Person, MD
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Q&A: This pediatrician is confronting inequities in GI care

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems in children of color are too often dismissed. Learn how pediatrician Hannibal Person, MD, is working to change that.

Health Equity
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Court ruling jeopardizes access to vital preventive health services

The AMA is alarmed by today’s Texas court ruling that jeopardizes access to preventive health services guaranteed under federal health reform.

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Richard Silvera, MD
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Q&A: Physician advocacy for patients with HIV gets personal

Advocacy must be everywhere, because health inequities are everywhere, says Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellow Richard Silvera, MD, MPH. Learn more.

Health Equity