Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital
An analysis of claims data shows stark racial disparities among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19.
New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Black Americans enrolled in Medicare were hospitalized with the disease at rates nearly four times higher than their white counterparts.
Disparities were also striking among Hispanics and Asian Americans. Hispanics were more than twice as likely to
