Health gap kills 3,200 black Chicagoans every year (Really?!?)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 12/18/2009 | Monifa Thomas

[Sneakyuser]

The wide racial gap in health is growing in Chicago, a major new study has found.

..."What's happening is that, as advances become available for these different diseases, white people are able to gain access to advances, and black people are not," said Steven Whitman, director of the Sinai Urban Health Institute. "It's absolutely essential to understand the underlying structural issues that are causing these disparities: those are racism and poverty."

[stubernx98]

I wonder how health care is under Mugbe in Rhodesia, er I mean Zimbabwe

[Menehune56]

I thought her first name was a typo until I checked the original article.

[hinckley buzzard]

First time I ever heard of GSW's being called a "disease."

[Freddd]

But I thought there were too many people on earth....So which is it?

[DTogo]

"What's happening is that, as advances become available for these different diseases, white people are able to gain access to advances, and black people are not," said Steven Whitman, director of the Sinai Urban Health Institute. "It's absolutely essential to understand the underlying structural issues that are causing these disparities: those are racism and poverty."

As always, it's Whitey's fault!

[NoLibZone]

Whene is the Black entertainment industry charity concert to help these poor unfortunates?

I am certain Oprah is working day and night to organize this.

[mreerm]

aaaah yessss...the 0bama doctrine!!!

make an unsubstantiated SCARY claim (for extra effect, associate it with RACE!) and demand everyone instantly start giving you money.

yes...the 0bama doctrine..........

0 says it’s effective in healthcare and climate venues too!

[Navy Patriot]

Undoubtedly this is true.

One only has to look at the voter registration statistics to confirm it. At least 3200 DemoRats are newly registered and vote in each precinct every year.

[Dixie Yooper]

"It's absolutely essential to understand the underlying structural issues that are causing these disparities:

Don't worry, many of us understand the cause.

Concentrated lead poisoning.

[The Comedian]

Women and minorities hardest hit (by bullets in Chicago).

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Zathras]

Are you sure it wasn’t Ralm Emanual?

[DoughtyOne]

Ouch!

[EGPWS]

The wide racial gap in health is growing in Chicago, a major new study has found.

Community organizers not doing their jobs or just a lost agenda in the representation of Illinois?

[StandUpChuck]

Michelle Obama and David Axelrod patient dumping scheme

[denydenydeny]

“Underlying” and “structural” are liberal buzzwords whose use allows the speaker to blame anything on “racism” without having to produce any evidence.

[NoLibZone]

The article states that all whites do have insurance and access to medical care.

And only blacks (Less than 13% of Americans) do not.

[PubliusMM]

“What’s happening is that, as advances become available for these different diseases, white people are able to gain access to advances, and black people are not,”

Doesn’t this mean that the medical profession is racist?

Just sayin’...

[sodpoodle]

Does this figure include all the aborted innocents?

[exit82]

Since the Dems Deathcare Bill doesn’t become effective until 2013, the Dems are OK with 9600 blacks dying due to lack of healthcare.

[RightWingConspirator]

I thought it was the drug dealers and punks who are killing blacks in Chicago ...