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This story distills a national analysis of nursing home data and finds that Illinois is the worst state in the country for black seniors seeking nursing home. Illinois has the highest number of poorly rated majority black facilities in the country and just one black nursing home that received an excellent rating from Nursing Home Compare.
We looked at black and white homes where a high percentage of resident care was paid for by Medicaid and found that the disparities between the two groups actually increased, rather than shrunk as some owners with whom we had spoken predicted.
This piece looked at Paul Starr's Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the social transformation of American medicine and explored how the issues he discusses can shed light on the current vituperative health care reform debate.
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>with photos by <a href="http://www.jmkoch.com/home.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.jmkoch.com');">Jacqueline Koch</a></p>
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>We continue our 5-part series on the high cost of health care in America.</p>
<p>As Congress goes into recession, the debate over healthcare hits home. But what's really happening on the reform front? Will it meet the needs of the American public? In a 5-hour special series over five days, we'll hear from doctors, hospital administrators, insurance companies, economists and average people about what's driving up healthcare costs, what it will take to make real changes, and what trade-offs people are willing to make to see meaningful reform through.</p>
