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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 13 sepTember 2022
Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll

By AMANDA SEITZ responsibility has risen in
Associated Press recent years, ticking up
WASHINGTON (AP) — When from 57% in 2019 and 62%
Emmanuel Obeng-Dank- in 2017.
wa is worried about making Still, there's not consen-
rent on his New York City sus on how that coverage
apartment, he sometimes might be delivered.
holds off on filling his blood About 4 in 10 Americans
pressure medication. say they support a single-
"If there's no money, I pre- payer health care system
fer to skip the medication that would require Ameri-
to being homeless," said cans to get their health
Obeng-Dankwa, a 58-year- insurance from a govern-
old security guard. ment plan. More, 58%, say
He is among a majority of they favor a government
adults in the U.S. who say health insurance plan that
that health care is not han- anyone can purchase.
dled well in the country, There also is broad support
according to a new poll for policies that would help
from The Associated Press- Americans pay for the costs
NORC Center for Public Af- of long-term care, includ-
fairs Research. ing a government-adminis-
The poll reveals that pub- A nurse checks on IV fluids while talking to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical tered insurance plan similar
lic satisfaction with the U.S. Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2021. to Medicare, the federal
health care system is re- Associated Press government's health insur-
markably low, with fewer ance for people 65 or old-
than half of Americans say- Based Insurance Design. ity health care when they monkeypox infections. er.
ing it is generally handled "The COVID pandemic has need it. Fifty-three percent of wom- Retired nurse Pennie Wright,
well. Only 12% say it is han- only made it worse." Black and Hispanic adults en said they are extremely of Camden, Tennessee,
dled extremely or very well. More than two years af- in particular are resound- or very concerned about doesn't like the idea of a
Americans have similar ter the pandemic's start, ingly worried about health obtaining quality care, government-run health
views about health care for health care worker burnout care access, with nearly 6 compared to 42% of men. care system.
older adults. and staffing shortages are in 10 saying they are very While Americans are united After switching to Medi-
Overall, the public gives plaguing hospitals around or extremely concerned in their dissatisfaction with care this year, she was sur-
even lower marks for how the country. And Ameri- about getting good care. the health care system, prised to walk out of her
prescription drug costs, the cans are still having trouble Fewer than half of white that agreement dissolves annual well-woman visit,
quality of care at nursing getting in-person medical adults, 44%, expressed the when it comes to solutions once fully covered by her
homes and mental health care after health centers same level of worry. to fix it. private insurance plan, with
care are being handled, introduced restrictions as Racial disparities have long About two-thirds of adults $200 worth of charges for a
with just 6% or less saying COVID-19 killed and sick- troubled America's health think it is the federal gov- mammogram and a pap
those health services are ened millions of people care system. They have ernment's responsibility to smear.
done very well in the coun- around the country, Fen- been abundantly clear make sure all Americans She prefers the flexibility she
try. drick said. during the COVID-19 pan- have health care cover- had on her private insur-
"Navigating the American In fact, the poll shows an demic, with Black and His- age, with adults ages 18 to ance plan.
health care system is ex- overwhelming majority of panic people dying dispro- 49 more likely than those "I feel like we have the best
ceedingly frustrating," said Americans, nearly 8 in 10, portionately from the virus. over 50 to hold that view. health care system in the
A. Mark Fendrick, the di- say they are at least mod- Black and Hispanic men The percentage of people world, we have a choice
rector of the University of erately concerned about also make up a dispropor- who believe health care of where we want to go,"
Michigan Center for Value- getting access to qual- tionately high rate of recent coverage is a government Wright said.q

Boston Marathon to welcome nonbinary athletes to 2023 race

BOSTON (AP) — Nonbi- change as registration gender option.
nary athletes will be able opened Monday for the "Discussions are ongoing
to run in next year's Boston 127th running of the mar- with nonbinary athletes
Marathon without having athon on April 17, 2023. in an effort to further pro-
to register as members of A field of about 30,000 is mote inclusion at all BAA
the men's or women's divi- expected for next spring's events," the organization
sions, race organizers an- edition of the storied race. said, adding, "We view this
nounced Monday. Nonbinary athletes can first year as an opportunity
The Boston Athletic Asso- submit entry applications to learn and grow togeth-
ciation, which administers if they've completed a er." The Boston Marathon is
the prestigious marathon, marathon as a nonbinary the latest major marathon
said it's been working to participant during the cur- to begin adding nonbinary
expand opportunities for rent qualifying window, divisions.
nonbinary people — not the BAA said. It said it's still Last year's Philadelphia
just for the marathon but working to establish quali- Distance Run, a premier Runners cross the starting line of the 125th Boston Marathon,
for the BAA's other races, fying standards for nonbi- event offering a half mar- Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Hopkinton, Mass.
which include a 5K, a 10K nary participants, but that athon and a 5K, became Associated Press
and a half marathon. its online applications will the first large race in the
Organizers confirmed the include "nonbinary" as a U.S. to establish a nonbina- ry division and offer equal prize money.q