What are the economic consequences of healthcare inequality
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How can we improve healthcare inequality
Statistics reveal alarming disparities in healthcare access, treatment, and outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. Discouraged by discriminatory practices and inadequate cultural competency, queer individuals are 26% more likely than our straight and cisgender counterparts to have intentionally delayed, avoided, or skipped an exam in the last 12 months. So, how can we improve the existing healthcare system and work toward equitable care for our community?
Alex Sheldon is Executive Director of GLMA: Healthcare Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, the world’s oldest and largest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied healthcare professionals. In addition to leading GLMA, Alex is a professional researcher, strategist, and advocate with more than 15 years of experience in human rights.
On this episode of Queer Money®, Alex joins us to explain how the healthcare needs of the LGBTQ+ community differ from that of the general population and what’s behind the disparities in access to care. They discuss what makes cultural competency essential for the health of historically excluded populations and describe where to find affirming healthcare providers who are sensitive to the needs of LGBTQ+ people. We explore what’s on the line for LGBTQ+ people in the upcoming presidential election, and Alex shares what makes them optimistic about the state of healthcare in the queer community.
Listen in to understand how the barriers to access we face in financial services parallel healthcare systems and learn how to help GLMA advance LGBTQ+ health equity in the US.
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Topics covered on healthcare inequality
- How the healthcare needs of the LGBTQ+ community differ from that of the general population
- Why queer people invest less but spend more on healthcare than our straight counterparts
- What makes cultural competency essential for the physical, mental, and economic health of historically excluded populations
- Where to find affirming healthcare providers who are sensitive to the needs of LGBTQ+ people
- Why transgender and nonbinary individuals feel these healthcare disparities most acutely
- What’s on the line for the LGBTQ+ community in the upcoming presidential election
- The danger in allowing the political right to base healthcare policy around ideology vs. evidence
- How the barriers to access we face in financial services parallel that of healthcare systems
- What makes Alex optimistic about the state of healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community
- What’s driving the increase in health literacy among the queer population and the rising number of allied health professionals
- How to get involved in helping GLMA advance LGBTQ+ health equity and accessibility in the US
Connect with Alex
- Alex Sheldon on LinkedIn
- GLMA
- GLMA on LinkedIn
- GLMA_LGBThealth on Instagram
- GLMA.LGBTQhealth on Facebook
- GLMA_LGBThealth on X
- GLMA_LGBThealth on Threads
Resources on healthcare inequality
- GLMA’s LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory
- HHS’s Nondiscrimination Rule on HHS.gov
- Donor Advised Funds on Queer Money EP386
- Wealth Builder’s Pyramid
- CreditWise
Connect with David and John
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We’re David and John Auten-Schneider, the Debt Free Guys (www.debtfreeguys.com), and the Queer Money® podcast hosts. We help queer people (and allies) live fabulously, not fabulously broke, by helping them 1) pay off credit card debt, 2) become part- or full-time entrepreneurs and 3) save and invest for retirement.