Racial Equity and Health Policy
Health Implications of Immigration Policies Under a Second Trump Administration
President-elect Trump has pledged to restrict and eliminate legal immigration pathways and deport millions of immigrants. Such measures would likely lead to family separation, mental and physical impacts for immigrants, and consequences for the economy.
Also: Key Facts on Health Care Use and Costs Among Immigrants
KFF Survey on Racism, Discrimination and Health: Views on Racism and Trust in Key U.S. Institutions
Majorities of U.S. adults perceive racism to be a major problem in politics, the criminal justice system, and policing, with some variance across racial and ethnic groups, while a third see racism as a major problem in health care. This may reflect high levels of trust in health care professionals compared to the police and the courts.
Read More Analyses from the Racism, Discrimination, and Health Project
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Key Data on Health and Health Care for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander People
An overview of NHPI people’s experiences across key measures of health, health access, and social and economic factors that influence health, based on analysis of federal data. NHPI people tend to fare worse than White people across the majority of examined measures of health, health care, and social determinants of health.
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Health Care Experiences of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Adults
This report is based on a series of focus groups with NHPI adults living in Hawaii and the continental U.S. It highlights some of the barriers NHPI people face when accessing care, including geographic isolation, limited system capacity, and lack of language access for family members with limited English proficiency.
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Rural Governments Often Fail To Communicate With Residents Who Aren’t Proficient in English
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Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants
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Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and Answers
This brief provides an introduction to what health and health care disparities are, why it is important to address them, what the status of disparities is today, recent federal actions to address disparities, and key issues related to addressing disparities in the future.Timeline: How History Has Shaped Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
This timeline offers a historical view of significant U.S. federal policies and events spanning the early 1800s to today that have influenced present-day health disparities.
Health Policy 101: Race, Inequality and Health
Addressing persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care is important for improving the nation’s health and economic prosperity. KFF explains such disparities and the factors that drive them, examines the actions to address them, and outlines future considerations.
Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity
Racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care remain a persistent challenge in the United States. An updated KFF resource examines how people of color fare compared to White people across 64 measures of health, health care, and social determinants of health.