The Health Disparities Institute Receives a Grant to Improve Health Insurance literacy Among Populations of Color
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HDI was created with the mission to reduce health disparities through policy and action. In 2016 HDI received a grant to support their health insurance literacy work that established a competency baseline. The survey identified significant disparities in the level of health insurance literacy among people of color - a deficit of 47 percent for Blacks, 50 percent for Latinos, and only 26 percent for Whites.
"New insurance designs are extremely complex. Patients don't know how to use their insurance," explains Dr.
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