Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, listens to Sarah McCutcheon’s heartbeat in the exam room at his medical office in Kingstree, South Carolina, which sits in a region that suffers from health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic diseases. (Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News) Mounting research shows the U.S. has made almost…