Accessing Cultural Competency in Healthcare
Red vs. Blue states have a lot of political information regarding Medicaid expansion and the legislation that has been passed but not implemented or legislation that wasn't passed at all.
According to CCF’s 2022 health coverage report, the continuous coverage protection that barred children insured by Medicaid from being disenrolled during the COVID-19 public health emergency helped stabilize Mississippi’s child uninsured rate between 2019 and 2021.
Mississippi has not expanded Medicaid, and a ballot measure to take the issue to voters was abandoned after the state's ballot initiative process was invalidated.
Medicaid eligibility and enrollment in Mississippi
Many studies have documented race and gender differences in health care received by patients. However, few studies have related differences in the quality of interpersonal care to patient and physician race and gender.
Is race medically relevant? A qualitative study of physicians' attitudes about the role of race in treatment decision-making
While some evidence suggests that patient race can be used by physicians to predict disease risk and determine drug therapy, other studies document bias and stereotyping by physicians based on patient race. It is critical, then, to explore physicians' attitudes regarding the medical relevance of patient race.