As the child of Jamaican immigrants, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to trek across New York City to attend one of the most exclusive high schools in the country (Stuyvesant High School), and one of the country’s best historically black colleges (Hampton University). After serving as an Air Force physician, I intentionally worked in this nation’s poorest and most marginalized communities (except for a few years at a private clinic that didn’t take Medicare or Medicare patients). Having spent the majority of my education and career surrounded by non-white people and patients, I have seen the two Americas. So, when advocates of American exceptionalism extol this country’s healthcare as “the best in the world,” they are not referring to the system in which I work…
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