Full Coverage: Unequal Treatment: Healthcare disparities across the nation
Americans who lack health coverage skip needed medical visits, receive poorer-quality care and suffer more from illness than those with insurance, repeated studies have shown. Unequal Treatment is a series of occasional articles examining healthcare disparities across the nation.
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Forty miles north of Seattle, in the largest building in the world, Boeing assembles its biggest commercial airliners.
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Bad timing turned Karen Slone’s medical problem into a crisis.
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Teresa Garcia, weak and in pain, had all but given up on doctors when she came to a small clinic next to a former wedding chapel on the Strip.
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The state’s system and widespread insurance coverage mean its residents are some of the nation’s healthiest.
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The area is poor, but residents rank high on measures of health. The coordination among businesses and health workers is seen as a model.
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Two poor communities have contrasting approaches to healthcare. One takes a collaborative approach to medicine, creating better outcomes for residents receiving treatment.
