Policy

Redlining Reparations: Evanston Illinois takes a Lead in Addressing the Race Wealth Gap

By pwsadmin / March 11, 2021 / Comments Off on Redlining Reparations: Evanston Illinois takes a Lead in Addressing the Race Wealth Gap

Evanston, IL will be the first city in the United States to make good on their promise to offer a reparations program to its black residents that have suffered economic devastation from discriminatory lending practice.

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Medicaid Expansion Could Have Prevented 745 COVID-19 Deaths in North Carolina

By pwsadmin / March 4, 2021 / Comments Off on Medicaid Expansion Could Have Prevented 745 COVID-19 Deaths in North Carolina

Studies show that people without insurance report delaying or simply foregoing necessary medical treatment due to cost. We hypothesized that counties with a population that have higher percentages of uninsured would have higher rates of COVID-19 deaths when controlling for per capita COVID case rates.

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