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Blacks Pay High Price for Bad Healthcare
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
16 Sep 2019
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Dr Leslie Hinkson, author of “Subprime Health: Debt and Race in US Medicine,” said Black people “get bad care, and that not only leads to further undermining of their health, but they also ultimately wind up having to pay more for it.”

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