Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Wants To Match Doctors With Patients ‘Based On Race’

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 Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Wants To Match Doctors With Patients ‘Based On Race’
February 15, 2021 By Joy Pullmann

A presentation from the nation’s largest health insurance company encourages matching doctors and patients based on their race despite finding discomfort with the idea in company surveys.

After the title slide, the December 2020 UnitedHealthcare presentation presents as an “opportunity” the “problem” that currently doctors and patients do not segregate enough based on race, and claims benefits of doing so.

“Consumers would like to establish relationships with physicians who they are comfortable with -physicians of similar backgrounds, life experience, etc.,” the second slide in the document says. “One demographic factor that facilitates comfort is race, and currently, this is not available in our physician directories. Clinical evidence shows that consumers benefit from having physicians of same race for diagnosis and treatment of frequently occurring medical conditions.”



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[Wingnut]

Okey Dokey then.   I want this guy. He is a straight shooter and He knows his shit.

[PeteS in CA]

So I shouldn't have had a Hispanic doctor remove my brain tumor?

And I shouldn't have an ethnic Chinese cardiologist?

If I need a doctor I want someone good, and I don't care whether their skin color is white, black, brown, or pea-green! Nor do I care about the shape of their eyes or the bridge of their nose (east Asians don't look "yellow" to me).