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NEW: Black Californians have health insurance, get preventive screenings, and monitor their health. Yet 1 in 3 reports poor treatment by a health care provider because of their race/ethnicity. Read @CHCFnews’ latest #Listening2BlackCA report here: chcf.org/LBCA

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NEW: Black Californians have health insurance, get preventive screenings, and monitor their health. Yet 1 in 3 reports poor treatment by a health care provider because of their race/ethnicity.

“I feel like Black voices aren’t as loud. They are not taken as seriously. I told [my doctor] I was short of breath, and he told me, ‘You are out of shape…You just need to lose weight and exercise more.’ And it ended up being that I was severely anemic and had to have two blood transfusions.” —Black woman, participant in focus group, private insurance

Experiences like this happen all too often, and it’s time to hold the health system accountable for improving outcomes for Black Californians. Read CHCF’s latest #Listening2BlackCA report here: chcf.org/LBCA

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