Community Conversation: Health Care Should Not Be Black and White

6627 Bunce Rd,Fayetteville NC 28314

02 May, 2022

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A panel discussion with experts in health disparities, maternal health outcomes, and the effect of not expanding Medicaid coverage. Did you know? 500,000 low income adults would be covered with 1.5-2 billion dollars from the federal government? - Twice as many people of color are likely to die from Covid? -Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related complications? How do systems, policies, and social structures combine to create the conditions for poor health? These disparities affect us all in rising health care costs. Addressing and changing these inequities will make us all healthier and stronger! Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Green, health director for Cumberland county health dept, who will share data and statistics about health inequities for blacks in Cumberland County, including the impact of Covid. Angela Tatum Malloy, Doula, founder and CEO of Momma’s Village, focusing on maternal health care for Africans. Dr. Naveed Aziz, family care physician who will share information about the impact in Cumberland County on the lack of Medicaid funds and what receiving federal Medicaid funds could do to improve the health of browns and blacks.