The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is highlighting racial and ethnic health disparities before and during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  GAO notes that while the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated racial and ethnic health disparities -- discrimination, economic instability, lack of health care access, implicit biases and misperceptions, and uninsured status already contributed to racial and ethnic health disparities before the COVID-19 pandemic.  To read the GAO highlights on racial and ethnic health disparities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, use the link below.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-and-during-pandemic?utm_campaign=usgao_email&utm_content=daybook&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery