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\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\tJulie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News\u2019 weekly health policy news podcast, \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book \u201cHealth Care Politics and Policy A to Z,\u201d now in its third edition.\t\t<\/p>\n The term \u201chealth equity\u201d means different things to different people. It\u2019s about access to medical care \u2014 but not only access to medical care. It\u2019s about race, ethnicity, and gender; income, wealth, and class; and even geography \u2014 but not only those things. And it\u2019s about how historical and institutional racism, manifested in things like over-policing and contaminated drinking water, can inflict health problems years and even generations later.<\/p>\n In a live taping on Sept. 6 at the Texas Tribune Festival, special guests Carol Alvarado, the Texas state Senate\u2019s Democratic leader, and Ann Barnes, president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, along with KFF Health News\u2019 Southern bureau chief Sabriya Rice and Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony, joined KFF Health News\u2019 chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss all that health equity encompasses and how current inequities can most effectively be addressed.<\/p>\n Anthony also previewed \u201cSilence in Sikeston,\u201d a four-part podcast<\/a> and documentary<\/a> debuting this month exploring how a history of lynching and racism continues to negatively affect the health of one rural community in Missouri.<\/p>\n \tCarol\u00a0Alvarado \tCara Anthony \tAnn Barnes \tSabriya Rice Also mentioned on this week\u2019s podcast, from KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cSystemic Sickness<\/a>\u201d project:<\/p>\n \u201cA Teen\u2019s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing<\/a>,\u201d by Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam.<\/p>\n \u201cMed Schools Face a New Obstacle in the Push To Train More Black Doctors<\/a>,\u201d by Lauren Sausser.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I Feel Dismissed\u2019: People Experiencing Colorism Say Health System Fails Them<\/a>,\u201d by Chaseedaw Giles.<\/p>\n \u201cAs Record Heat Sweeps the US, Some People Must Choose Between Food and Energy Bills<\/a>,\u201d by Melba Newsome.<\/p>\n \u201cBlack Hospitals Vanished in the U.S. Decades Ago. Some Communities Have Paid a Price<\/a>,\u201d by Lauren Sausser.<\/p>\n\n \tFrancis Ying \tEmmarie Huetteman To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n And subscribe to KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Pocket Casts<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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