Hearing:
“Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System”
(Virtual Hearing)
Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 (11:30 AM)
Select one
Washington, D.C.
Member and witness participation were through Cisco Webex Virtual Platform.
Public access via the Committee website at https://energycommerce.house.gov.
Witnesses
Dr. Rhea Boyd
Pediatrician and Child Health Advocate, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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06/15/2020 at 05:06 PM
- Witness Statement
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06/15/2020 at 05:06 PM
- Response to Questions for the Record
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06/08/2022 at 02:14 PM
Dr. Oliver T. Brooks
President, National Medical Association
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06/15/2020 at 05:06 PM
- Witness Statement
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06/15/2020 at 05:06 PM
- Response to Questions for the Record
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06/08/2022 at 02:14 PM
Avik S. A. Roy
President, The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
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06/15/2020 at 05:06 PM
- Witness Statement
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06/16/2020 at 09:36 AM
Support Documents
- Hearing Notice
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- Briefing Memo
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06/16/2020 at 09:36 AM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Association of American Medical Colleges
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - Comments from the American Kidney Fund
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Association for Clinical Oncology
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A Brookings report entitle, "Race gaps in COVID-19 deaths are even bigger than they appear"
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - Testimony from the Center for Reproductive Rights
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 10, 2020, letter from the Alliance of Multicultural Physicians to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - An April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief entitled, “Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges due to COVID-19”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 16, 2020 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A May 2020 report from Families USA entitled, “The Fierce Urgency of Now:
Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Address Health Inequities in the Era of COVID-19”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A Health Affairs Journal report entitled, “Disparities In Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients In A Large Health Care System In California”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from Johnson and Johnson Services, Inc.
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - An April 8, 2020 New York Times article entitled, “Virus Is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C.”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 9, 2020 STAT News article entitled, “‘The direct result of racism’: Covid-19 lays bare how discrimination drives health disparities among Black people”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 15, 2020 STAT News article entitled, “To understand who’s dying of Covid-19, look to social factors like race more than preexisting diseases”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A May 13, 2020 White House press release entitled, “President Donald J. Trump is committed to providing support to underserved communities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 11, 2020 White House press release entitled, “President Trump unveils vision to rebuild our cities”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A document from HHS entitled, “HHS Initiatives to Address the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans and Other Racial and Ethnic Minorities”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s HIV Medicine Association
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A CMS issue brief entitled “Quantifying the Distribution and Completeness of Select Demographic Variables in 2016”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 10, 2020 Dallas Morning News article entitled, “To eliminate health disparities, Parkland must address the root issues in black communities”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A June 17, 2020 Maryland Matters article entitled, “Frosh: Virus’ Unequal Devastation in Communities of Color Must Guide the Response”
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
- Document for the Record - A statement from the American Diabetes Association
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06/08/2022 at 02:46 PM
First Published:
June 12, 2020 at 04:40 PM
Last Updated:
June 8, 2022 at 02:46 PM