Bumps On The Path To Health Equity

I had the chance to be the closing speaker at the recent Illumination Foundation gathering in Anaheim, California, “Together We Can: Solutions to Address Health Equity.” A major theme of the day was exploring the link between homelessness and the state of health equity in the United States.

The pandemic had an outsized impact on the U.S. economy and on the health and human service landscape. One lasting effect was that inequities in the health care system were made apparent. COVID deaths were disproportionately high among people of color (see Black Americans Make Up 13% Of The US Population . . .