Algernon Austin’s paper, “Obamacare Reduces Health Disparities in Health Coverage,” was discussed in a Bloomberg View column.
The point of the paper, written by Algernon Austin at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, isn’t just to celebrate those gains, but also to show how much room remains for improvement. One of the biggest obstacles to reducing the number of uninsured blacks is the refusal of many states with large black populations to accept federal money to expand their Medicaid programs. Some of those states may come around eventually, but don’t hold your breath.
