Universal coverage may narrow racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in health care

Monday, April 20, 2009 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Health care disparities in the U.S. have long been noted, with particular attention paid to the gaps separating racial and economic groups. And while some research has looked at how insurance -and lack of insurance -contributes to this imbalance, few, if any, studies have quantified the impact of universal coverage on differences in health outcomes between these groups.

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