Closing the Gap: Policy, Progress, and Black Health Equity

from Sound of the State · host Illinois Senate Democrats

In recognition of Black History Month, this episode centers the urgent conversation around health equity in Black communities. Leader Mattie Hunter, Senator Doris Turner and Senator Lakesia Collins discuss the legacy of disparities in care, the progress being made through policy and advocacy and the work still ahead to ensure every family has access to quality, affordable health care. Because health justice is racial justice.

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