IN THIS ISSUE:
- Monthly Observances
- National Canned Food Month
- Spotlight on Caregivers
- Featured Recipe: Roasted Honey Garlic Carrots
- News from MOWWM
FEATURED STORY: Black History month
This year’s theme for Black History Month, “Black Health and Wellness”, takes a look at how
American healthcare has often underserved the African-American community. For AfricanAmericans, the root of the problem goes deep, and back centuries. Beginning with slavery a lack of economic opportunity, often put medical care out of reach for many African-Americans. It was only well into the 20th century when Black America was given a better shot at institutional health care. That’s when the US government threatened to withhold Medicare payments to ‘Whites Only” medical institutions and — almost overnight — hospitals were desegregated. The year was 1964, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act. More than 40 years later, following
years of negotiations with the health insurance industry, the Affordable Care Act was eventually passed by the Obama administration that gave better access to medical care for Americans of all colors. Today, the US continues to lag behind the rest of the world in providing affordable medical care for a majority of its citizens. As a result, African-Americans, other minorities and especially the poor continue to remain the country’s most vulnerable.
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