Medical Studies Group Analysis

The group I participated in for the first meeting of communities of practice was the medical studies group. The group was composed of six individuals including myself; which were Hydi Ybarra, Ella Chen, Lina Mohammed, and Jessica Robles. In this meeting, I had the fortune of meeting a group of wonderful young women who had similar views when it came to providing medical services to minorities and became friends with two of these individuals quickly. During the discussion, we mentioned how insurance played a big role when it came to healthcare and the access it has based on insurances. We discussed how despite the fact that many individuals are paying hundreds of dollars to have insurance they are still charged a co-payment amount that is due before each visit or hospitalization. If they don’t have insurance or having a government insurance such as medi-cal they have something that is called a share of cost (SOC), which is similar to deductible that has to be paid …show more content…
During this subject we all agreed that it was a problem we wanted to somehow fix or solve, due to the fact that majority of the people who are affected are minorities who are working day and knight, yet still don’t have access to something as simple as a physical or medication for long-term conditions because of these fees. While discussing insurances, we recognized that medicine intersects with minority issues and gender identity issues that as a result lead to medical professionals discuss the concerns of their patients because of the stereotype they have on communities of color. This resulted in misdiagnosed patients, patients not wanting to inform their