Black Americans Look To Health Plan For New Hope : NPR: Death rates for cancer, stroke and diabetes are solemn warning notices for African-Americans, who suffer from those and other diseases at a higher rate than do whites.
So when some members of Congress called the new health care overhaul the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century, many African-Americans agreed.
There's a debate about whether the coming changes will actually ease the health disparities that black Americans face.
