“Of all the inequalities that exist” said Martin Luther King in 1966, “the injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman.” The ACA did the most in American history to extend coverage to people of color; “they have never been closer both to racial equality of, access and to, the federal protection of health care as a civil right. But if Republicans have their way, that dream will be deferred.”
The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights
Vann R. Newkirk II | The Atlantic | June 27, 2017 | 2,500 words
