Tamika Smith, a 40-year-old woman, has a deep mistrust of the medical system due to her personal experiences, which has led her to refuse to become an organ donor, a decision that is influenced by the long history of medical racism and mistreatment of Black bodies in the U.S.
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Trump Administration’s Medicaid Changes Put Disabled Patients at Risk
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has significantly defunded and reshaped Medicaid assistance programs, putting the lives of millions of Americans, including Black patients, at risk and forcing individuals like Faithful V to use ChatGPT to navigate the appeals process.