Cool Health Care Map in NYC
If you’re not aware of it, just like everything else, the poor get disproportionately screwed in the health insurance world–as well as the health care one. (“The rich get richer, the poor get sick.” )
One organization, Opportunity Agenda, has put together a Google Maps mashup showing hospital closures in New York over time–and no surprise, they’re mostly in poorer neighborhoods. (Even if you somehow don’t care, it’s pretty impressive to see how many hospitals there are just in Manhattan and the surrounding burrows.)
boroughs, graham, not burrows.
it’s more the working middle class that seems to get screwed the most since the others are covered with medicaid
it’s more the working class that seems to get screwed the most since the others are covered with medicaid… humph..
I am a representative of the organization that produced these Google Maps that illustrate racial disparities in health care access across New York City. While it is true that oftentimes the working class gets the short end of the stick, our maps highlight racial disparities in access. In fact, it has been statistically shown that an increase in income does not yield an increase access for African Americans to the extent to which it does for Caucasian Americans. I encourage all of you to take a look at the human rights report that we issued on disparities in healthcare: http://www.opportunityagenda.org/site/c.mwL5KkN0LvH/b.1405941/k.99A0/Policy_Briefs__Publications.htm (“Dangerous and Unlawful: Why our Health Care System is Failing New York City Communities and How to Fix It” and click on “Download the Report”). Also, please check out our YouTube video on health disparities in Central Brooklyn at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVipv0jZ5rA&feature=PlayList&p=F9BAA26E151CCB92&index=7).
Thank you all and please post your questions and/or comments. Also, please remember to visit http://www.opportunityagenda.org for more information.
Sincerely,
Ronald