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Lori DiBiasio (right) found her mother, Mary, who had a hip fracture, sitting on the toilet unattended at her nursing home, hanging onto the grab bar. Mary’s granddaughter Keri Rossi-D’entremont (left) was her health care power of attorney.
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JOSEPHINE SITTENFELD FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS
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The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023.
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Obstetrician and gynecologist Taylar Swartz uses an ultrasound scanner to check the health of Addie Comegys’ baby on May 30. Comegys, who said she was due in late August, had traveled 45 minutes for her prenatal appointment at Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa, one of a few rural hospitals in Iowa still offering labor and delivery services.
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Providence Portland Medical Center.
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Safety net clinic workers, including many in Multnomah County, provide needed medical care for marginalized populations, including people lacking shelter.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY/MOTOYA NAKAMURA
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Oregon Health & Science University
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The medical establishment has wrestled with evidence that racial minorities and other marginalized communities experience worse health outcomes and that biases by health care providers — conscious and unconscious — have contributed to those disparities.
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