HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

March 12, 2009

links for 2009-03-12

• Blacks, Hispanics have steeper end-of-life costs
  Striking new research shows dying blacks and Hispanics in the U.S. have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial health-care differences continue right up until death.
• Native American death rates soar as most people are living longer
  From isolated reservations across the state to urban pockets around Seattle, Native Americans are dying at higher rates than a decade ago, at a time when most people in Washington are living longer, healthier lives.
• U.S. lawmakers propose generic biotech drug plan
  U.S. lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan proposal on Wednesday to allow government approval for cheaper copies of biotechnology medicines that cost as much as tens of thousands of dollars per year.