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Collected Item: “Doctor's Testify at Senate Hearing on COVID-19 Racial Disparities Among Seniors”

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Doctor's Testify at Senate Hearing on COVID-19 Racial Disparities Among Seniors

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news article, video

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The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging hears from doctors who discuss the racial health disparities among seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mortality rate for older African Americans is 3.6 times higher than for older white Americans. This racial health disparity is also apparent for Native American and Latino populations. Many of these people have no or little insurance and are in poverty, directly leading to poorer outcomes in their health and greater risk of dying from COVID-19.

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#over60 #FederalGovernment #USSenate #racialdisparity #mortalityrate

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-hearing-on-covid-19-racial-disparities-among-seniors

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Courtney Vinopal

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2020-07-21
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