The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) claims that the healthcare industry is structurally racist and has taken steps to advance Critical Race Theory in the medical field.
The foundation articulated its health equity agenda in a statement, which claimed that the healthcare system was marred by structural racism.
“Too many Californians face structural barriers to care based on factors like the color of their skin, their ethnic background, where they live, or the language they speak,” it read. It went on to say “Like the nation as a whole, California has long maintained policies, practices, and norms that are biased against people of color.”
“Health care is just one of many systems —including housing, education, and employment —that perpetuate this structural racism,” the statement added.
In addition, CHCF assisted in developing an online implicit bias…