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As COVID-19 pandemic eases, a host of medical challenges remain

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Bailey, who is director for the Center for Health Systems Improvement at UTHSC, which receives 25,000 visits annually, says their survey data showed that “less than 25% of low-income people had one or more primary care visits in 2020.” So, the intersection of having a low income, living in a community of color and having one or more chronic health conditions is a setup for health care-related fallout at multiple levels. Morris says most of the population’s chronic health problems— from hypertension to diabetes to obesity— are a “direct result of poverty… and COVID hasn’t helped it.”

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