Discussion Responses

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1.Article- Health Disparities: Creating Health Care Equity for Minorities

Date: January 28, 2026

Publisher: United Way NCA

This article discusses the major and unequal difference between the type, quality, and distribution of health care to minority individuals such as people who fall under the ALICE category of socioeconomic status. The key differences between what is accessible to certain poverty and ethnic groups for health care is unforgivingly established with very clear data showing which groups are more likely to receive speedy and quality healthcare. One example shown was for mental health counseling rates, Hispanic/Latino individuals received it at a rate of 7.9%, Black individuals received it at a rate of 8.9% while White individuals received 12.6%. Besides racial discrimination in health care disparities, there was also the effect of how much income individuals would make and the quality or coverage in health care they would receive. Low-income families were met with low quality health care facilities as well as finding it significantly harder to obtain good if any health coverage from insurance. This all relates to what we learned in this week’s chapters such as moral exclusion, what should humanely be accessible in terms of healthcare for everyone and what your status in society is correlates in an unfair way for many individuals who have never known a different way of life than what they were born into which should not be the case. As for mediation, these individuals while unfairly being restricted quality access for their health do have means in which to obtain it through the help of organizations who gather in order to provide what is needed for a person’s everyday life even if they don’t directly correlate to these health institutions.

This topic helped me to understand just how wide of a range these health discrepancies go for many communities. I was able to understand and correlate what we learned in the chapters we read to this subject pretty easily just because of how hand in hand these concepts cross together. What should be morally obligated to people clearly isn’t, but the efforts people make to mediate the issue as to help those in need is very clearly shown. This displays he idea of the mediator always being present in various forms. As for what this author should look into next for this topic, I believe if they connected with the mentioned ALICE indivduals to see exactly how they feel with this treatment as well as who helps to mediate the issue for them, would be very informative.

2.Title: “What is Reactive Abuse?” by Alex Bachert MPH July 3, 2024 for charliehealth.com

Synopsis: The article explores the manipulation and blame-shifting that happens all-too-often within abusive relationships. It all comes down to a power struggle, if one party holds more power over the other, they have the moral obligation to use that power for good and support . Too often men and women find themselves in positions within their relationships that are toxic and aggressive, and instead of communicating through the difficulties and hardships. The discipline and self control/value/ play such a large role in relationships that could possibly become toxic. This relates to both topics from this week, the topics of injustice and mediation. Injustice is shown in toxic relationships due to one party being controlled and reacting to that sense of being smothered. Mediation comes into plawyonce the courts are involved and want to finally work out the final aspects of the relationship.

Key Takeaway: Use the grey rock method and do not react in this kind of situation. I’ve learned in my life that if you ignore or even forgive your abuser, it takes all the power away like a vacuum.