Race and ethnicity matter in health and health care. Cultural differences and language barriers affect how diverse communities live, as well as the quality of the care they receive when they get it.

According to Raymond Baxter, senior vice president, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, health disparities exist across socio-economic lines.

In the video “Bridging the Great Divide: Health Disparities in America,” real people share their personal stories and experts shed light on a nationwide problem that can be solved if we all work together.

Watch this important video to hear their solutions.

filed in: State of Health
subjects: racial-ethnic-disparities, uninsured-americans