WQED Specials
A Broken System: Health Care Inequity
Health disparities here are widespread and troubling. Lack of access to affordable care, racism, marginalization and other factors have led to increased rates of cancer, diabetes, asthma, and fetal and maternal death in Pittsburgh's African American, Latinx, LGBTQIA+ and disabilities communities. WQED explores the reasons for these health care inequities, and offers hopeful resolutions.
