A lopsided health care issue is costing the nation billions, and a group of Kansas City stakeholders is striving to help employers and others right the problem locally.
Health inequities cost the U.S. economy $451 billion in 2018 — up 41% from the prior estimate in 2014, according to a study done under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Health.
If left unaddressed, the cost of health inequities will hit $1 trillion by 2040, said Qiana Thomason, CEO of the Health Forward Foundation. That…Panel: How Kansas City employers can address massive costs of health inequity
A lopsided health care issue is costing the nation billions, and a group of Kansas City stakeholders is striving to help employers and others right the problem locally.
Health inequities cost the U.S. economy $451 billion in 2018 — up 41% from the prior estimate in 2014, according to a study done under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Health.
If left unaddressed, the cost of health inequities will hit $1 trillion by 2040, said Qiana Thomason, CEO of the Health Forward Foundation. That…
Most businesses, including health care organizations, respond to numbers and data, said Ron Whiting, executive director of KC Health Collaborative.
So first, some data.
In Kansas City, Missouri, the life expectancy for residents in the majority white ZIP code of 64113 is 86.3 years. For residents in the majority Black ZIP code 64128, the life expectancy is 68.1 years, according to the Kansas City Health Department. That’s an 18-year difference. These differences have both a human and an economic…