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The report includes the following recommendations to improve equity:
Invest $93.5 million over 10 years to fund and expand PRIME across all UC campuses to create 100 first-year medical student seats over 10 years.
Invest $150 million over the next 10 years to support advising and mentorship programs for disadvantaged students to produce an estimated 25,500 new health care workers.
Invest $26 million over 10 years in postbaccalaureate programs for disadvantaged students to create 1,000 additional positions and scholarships that fully cover tuition.
“This report offers recommendations for policymakers committed to increasing diversity in our medical school system,” said Janet Coffman, MPP, PhD, professor of health policy at the Healthforce Center at UCSF. “We should not think that without affirmative action, nothing can be done to allow our medical schools to look more like the rest of the state. There is plenty of evidence of what kinds of approaches work. And if we invest i
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While California has made tremendous progress over the past decade in narrowing the coverage gap in health care, our systems continue to fail communities of color who fare worse on average than white people on key health indicators.Â
These inequities can be addressed by making sure equity is prioritized in upcoming contract negotiations between the state and Medi-Cal managed care plans, based on the conclusions of our multi-year project, Centering Equity in Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform: A Guide for California Policymakers.Â
The project was informed by focus groups which we held across the state with Black, Latinx, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. Among the findings, participants reported facing stigma and discrimination, a lack of community centered care, and barriers to accessing quality interpreter services.Â