U.S. Health Secretary Addresses Minority Health Issues: NEW YORK – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she is developing a national plan of action that would focus for the first time on reducing health care disparities between minority and White populations.HHS has been writing reports for 25 years documenting the gap in health care services between White and minority communities, but there never has been an action plan to address the gap, she said in an address to the National Action Network convention.
“I'm here to say that's going to end this year,” Sebelius said.
She said one in three U.S. Hispanics and one in five African-Americans do not have health insurance, adding that the National Institutes of Health also is looking into the issue.
