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A 2009 study of rural food deserts found key differences in overall health, access to food, and the social environment of rural residents when they were compared to urban dwellers. [25] Rural residents report overall poorer health and more physical limitations, with 12% rating their health as fair or poor, compared to 9% of urban residents. [ 25 ]
Critics who support single-payer instead charge that offering a public option to compete with private insurance would create a two-tiered system of concierge versus minimal medical services, as private for-profit insurance companies use political muscle to deny coverage to the oldest and sickest Americans, thus shunting the more expensive ...
The most common examples involve denial of credit and insurance, denial of healthcare, and the development of food deserts in minority neighborhoods. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Reverse redlining occurs when a lender or insurer targets majority-minority neighborhood residents with inflated interest rates by taking advantage of the lack of lending competition ...
The California attorney general's office is probing whether Kroger's $24.6 billion plan to buy rival grocer Albertsons will make it harder for people in poorer parts of cities or rural areas to ...
The number of adults eating in a way they consider to be healthy has fallen, according to new data. What’s more, research shows they aren’t enjoying the food either.
County councilman wants to address food deserts across the county.
A longitudinal study of food deserts in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that supermarket availability is generally unrelated to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality. [59] In a 2018 article in Guernica, Karen Washington states that factors beyond physical access suggest the community should reexamine the word food desert itself.
Medical desert is a term used to describe regions whose population has inadequate access to healthcare. [1] The term can be applied whether the lack of healthcare is general or in a specific field, such as dental or pharmaceutical. [ 2 ]