Minorities Spend Less on Health Care Than Whites

A new analysis of healthcare spending in the United States found stark disparities across racial and ethnic lines in how medical resources are divided.

Non-Hispanic white Americans, who made up 61 percent of the nation's population at the time of the study, accounted for 72 percent of the $2.4 trillion spent in 2016 on ambulatory, inpatient and emergency care; nursing facilities; prescribed pharmaceuticals; and dental care, according to a recent study published in JAMA.