The poll found that 55% of Black respondents said they feel like they must be very careful about their appearance to be treated fairly at medical visits. That’s similar to the rate for Hispanic and Alaska Native patients – and nearly double the rate for white patients. Nearly 30% of Black respondents prepare to be insulted, also about double the rate for white patients. Asians and Hispanics were three times more likely to say they’ve been treated badly in a health care setting because of their race than white respondents and Black respondents were 6 times more likely. “The consequences in health care are really striking and very frightening, honestly, to understand what people need to do to be taken seriously, to be seen as a whole person,” she said.

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Persons: KFF, Christine Wright, Wright, she’s, “, you’re, ”, Drew Altman, Allison Bryant, Bryant, ” Bryant, Luna Roldán, te, they’ve, Mary Conlon, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: Associated Press, Massachusetts General Hospital, Latina, Indians, Alaska Natives, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AP Locations: Alaska, U.S, Massachusetts, Lake Worth , Florida