1 in 5 low-income women haven't visited a doctor in the last year

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Health disparities hit poor and minority women
By Paul Kleyman, New America Media

Low-income women not yet old enough for Medicare are four times more likely to be in poor or fair health-especially those in middle age and from ethnic backgrounds-according to a new report by the Center for Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The data was collected in 2007, before the recession, “which means that their status is likely to be even worse today,” said study coauthor Roberta Wyn, associate director of the center.

Poor women in the study were less likely to see a physician: Only one in five reported not visiting a doctor in the previous year, compared with one in 12 more affluent women.

They were less apt to receive preventive screenings, such as for cervical and breast cancer, especially those between ages 40 and 64.

Read more: http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-02/health-fitness/health-disparities-hit-poor-and-minority-women#ixzz0YYu1UHWu

[mike_c]

1. but there's plenty of money for wars!

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2. $90 Billion to Afghanistan

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3. The worst part is that people who are low income or from a low income background

tend to distrust doctors and dentists because by the time they see one, there's a lot of catch-up work to be done. For example, you go to the doctor to get a cut stitched, and end up with a prescription for controlling your blood pressure and a follow-up appointment. Since hypertension doesn't have any symptoms, it sounds like the doctor drumming up business.