
NEJM Interview: Prof. Timothy Jost on litigation challenging the consideration of race and ethnicity in the allocation of scarce Covid-19 treatments.
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Is Race a Factor in Health Care Discrimination?
The government has recognized being a member of marginalized racial or ethnic group as an independent risk factor for cove nineten prioritizing those groups in the aplication of resources is legally problematic. The h h s issued a proposed rule on discrimination and health care, implementing a section of the affordable careact earlier this week. And one of the issues they explicitly address is algarisms that discriminate on the basis of race or other prohibited criteria.
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