Affirmative Action and Health Care
It is high time that our medical journals stick to medicine.“Expert” class imperialism over purely political issues continues apace. Now, the hyper-woke New England Journal of Medicine has published an advocacy article decrying the Supreme Court ruling against race-based criteria for admissions at Harvard and claiming that affirmative action is a necessary health measure. Yes, you guessed it, it is written by a bioethicist: Policy debates related to affirmative action have typically focused on its effects on education, employment, and earnings. These debates, however, have generally neglected the important role affirmative action may play in shaping population health. Oh? How is that? First, better education equals more income, which means better health: Since education and income are well-established social determinants of health, it stands to reason that any material benefits accruing as a result of affirmative action should Read More ›
