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07/09/2007: "Racism isn't the culprit in USA health care woes"

A new study examining two possible factors leading to "environmental racism" finds that although the average black or Hispanic resident of a major US city lives in a more polluted part of town than the average white person, the levels of inequality vary widely between cities and defy simple explanation

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A study of more than 2,200 women shows that African-Americans have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis than Caucasians. African-American women tend to have breast cancer tumor types that are more aggressive and have poorer prognoses. The findings are in line with other recent studies, and provide more evidence of the continuing need for early breast cancer screening for African-American women and the development of individual treatment strategies.

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Life expectancy averages are determined by a multitude of factors such as ethnicity, culture, and crime rates. Asians live longer than whites. Whites live longer than blacks. Canada has more Asians than blacks. Infant mortality rates are likewise determined by a host of factors having nothing to do with our health care system. The chief cause of infant mortality is very low birth weight babies. The U.S., for reasons having to do with ethnicity and culture, has more low birth weight babies than Canada and other OECD countries.

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[ Translation: Ethnic groups don't mix, and one may have more problems than another for genetic reasons, so we'll blame whoever isn't the underdog so we feel good about ourselves. The problem here isn't "racism," it's the total failure of multiculturalism and the problems of providing very expensive healthcare for a permanent non-white underclass. ]


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070709133240.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070709091757.htm

http://freemarketcure.com/socializedmedicineissicko.php