[Sneakyuser]

... It isn't that blacks' health is declining. In fact, overall, the health of both African Americans and whites in Chicago and across the United States has improved on most of the measures studied between 1990 and 2005. But whites showed gains at a sharply higher rate, resulting in a wider gap, according to the Sinai institute, which is part of Chicago's Sinai Health System and which works to find "approaches that improve the health of urban communities."

Uh Huh

[DoughtyOne]

OMG, where do I sign to get that nation health care plan? NOT!!!!!

Good grief.

[ROTB]

Always ask for a list of names and dates when they throw up rubbish like this.

[Noob1999]

Hey!

That’s racist!

[Wallop the Cat]

Just slightly more than the number of black Chicagoans killed by black Chicagoans.

[1955Ford]

Monifa’s only qualification as a reporter appears to be her race.

[RJL]

Health gap kills 3,200 black Chicagoans every year

Chicago is an all liberal town. If Mayor Daley and Obama have left them to die perhaps they should consider electing Republicans to office in Chicago.

Wasn't that Michelle Obama's job in Chicago, to shove the poor out the door to another clinic down the street with less able and cheaper health care?

[PhiKapMom]

Maybe healthcare for blacks in Chicago would have been better if Michelle Obama hadn’t patient dumped for the University of Chicago Medical Center so blacks had to travel a lot farther to get to an emergency room.

[DadOfFive]

Is it my imagination or is Chicago the most FUBAR city in the country, and is it coincidental that the “one” hails from this rathole?

[mylife]

Those “White” %*@#ers!

[pointsal]

Show me the math on that one..... PURE B/S.

[kruss3]

FYI: There actually is a huge difference in minority mortality. A recent 20 year longitudinal study recorded 20 times greater early cardiac mortality in blacks over whites.
The real crime is that the solution is so simple: it’s all about vitamin d3 deficiency in people of color at higher latitudes.

[robomatik]

LOL @ the author’s name: monifa (moh-nee-fah?)

[Lucretia Borgia]

Huh. And here I thought black Chicagoans mostly died from other Chicagoans.

[stubernx98]

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

[hinckley buzzard]

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

[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.