Black Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this exclusion, they pushed to create the nation’s first federal health care programs. On today’s episode: ...Show More
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molinos recommended:Oct 5th, 2019
Spectacular episode about the history of medical treatment for afroamericans since the Civil War. It also tells the story of the first black woman who became a doctor
cesarm recommended:Sep 18th, 2019
This episode is all about the inequality of Health Care that has been part of the system pretty much from the start. They mentioned Tuskegee briefly at the end of the episode. For a more in depth exploration the American Scandal podcast recently wrapped a Tuskegee series of episodes.
rmmiller364 recommended:Apr 12th, 2020
I’m just going to go ahead and recommend every episode of this podcast. This one focuses on race and medicine and the US; I learned so much
mm recommended:Oct 15th, 2019
NHJ’s story at the beginning about her uncle made my heart break.😭 It was interesting to hear about the origins of Medicare, why US doesn’t have universal healthcare, and why hospital finally desegregated. The answer? 💵💵💵
itsacherrylife recommended:Jan 5th, 2021
I thought this episode was: