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#COVID19 may not discriminate but the US healthcare system, & it's access to testing, does. Oklahoma, home to 39+ tribes and the state with one of the highest number of Natives (both percentage & population), has the lowest number of tests per capita of any US state (702 per 1M).
The CARES Act guarantees free coronavirus testing for all Americans but there are two problems.
1. We have a shortage of tests available.
2. There is a bottle neck in getting test results back due to a lack of companies able to analyze them.
1. We have a shortage of tests available.
2. There is a bottle neck in getting test results back due to a lack of companies able to analyze them.
Our current system isn't working but this also demonstrates a flaw in #MedicareForAll. W/o first addressing the systemic racism, sexism & white supremacy embedded in our foundations it may result in great healthcare for white men, but will leave many POC & women standing in line.
Healthcare is definitely a right not a privilege, but in order to fix our broken healthcare system, we first need to fix our foundations. Because it has never been true prior, we need to decide if we want the USA to be a nation where We the people truly means #AllThePeople.
