Tag: Single-Payer Healthcare

January 27, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Health Equity Now: Tackling Racism in Medicine with Dr. Uché Blackstock

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! This time on Code WACK! For the second episode in our two-part series on racism in medicine, in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, we’re asking the question: What is racially concordant […]

Tags: Black Health Matters, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, Maternal Health Disparities, Medicare for all, Advancing Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Disparities, Redlining and Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Black Physicians, Health Advocacy, Healthcare Equity, Public Health, Healthcare Justice, Martin Luther King Jr. Health Legacy, Diversity in Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Racial Health Disparities, Healthcare Accountability, Health Equity, Representation in Medicine, Medical Training and Equity, Systemic Racism in Medicine, Inclusive Healthcare, Patient-Centered Care, Racially Concordant Care, Community-Based Healthcare Solutions, Black-Led Birthing Centers, Uché Blackstock

December 30, 2024

By Brenda Gazzar

A second look at the Indian Health Service: A broken promise?

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! In the wake of the recent presidential election, we’re revisiting one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2023 about the hurdles America’s Indigenous peoples face in accessing health care. What’s being done to help elder […]

Tags: Indian Health Service, Native American Healthcare, Elder Care Challenges, Healthcare Justice, NICOA (National Indian Council on Aging), Culturally Competent Care, Healthcare Inequality, Indigenous Health Disparities, Medicare for all, Single-Payer Healthcare, brenda gazzar