When you talk about these infection rates, they are also a reflection of access to testing that are in and of itself subject to these disparities and structural inequities that we have been talking about today.
Kennedy emphasizes the link between infection rates and testing access disparities.
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In other parlance, it is countercyclical, right? When you have an economic downturn, Medicaid enrollment increases, right?
So, it is clear that there are those barriers and so many changes that are affecting Native Americans and ultimately the health outcomes and quality of life.
And this is very much a life-or-death situation for the millions of people with chronic health conditions...
the cost of access to broadband far outweighs the cost that most residents in Tribal communities can afford to pay.
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