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The Kidney PATIENT Act Could Help Someone You Love

Black Health Matters

It is no secret that health inequities and barriers to quality care contribute to adverse outcomes within America’s Black community,” wrote Dr. Walter L. According to a 2020 study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity , “Black Americans experience kidney failure at three times the rate of whites.” Fields, Jr.,