2022 Black Well-being Final w links for Web 11.29.22 - Flipbook - Page 55
BLACK WELL-BEING REPORT 2022
BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND
Fund Black-owned, initiated, and operated care
Access is as much about physical location as it is money, language, mood,
visual appeal, education, and time. Where and how care happens matters.
• Invest in Black-owned care hubs that prioritize access,
social connection, and prevention.
• Invest in Black-owned behavioral health services.
• Expand Black home-based care models that pay care
workers well.
• Invest in Black-owned hospice spaces to care for
our elders.
Create responsive, coordinated care models that address all social
determinants of health
Caring for the whole human includes addressing the mind, body, and spirit,
which means forming new and different relationships among physicians,
dentists, optometrists, and holistic, traditional, or spiritual practitioners.
• Build the relationships across sectors that allow
providers to directly connect people to what they need
(i.e., housing, dental, classes, financial aid, legal).
• Work toward coordinated billing across types of care.
• Strengthen referral systems to ensure people are not
just referred but get served.
• Expand and support telehealth options.
• Make the time in appointments to ensure people
understand what is being explained.
• Incorporate food, herbs, social connection, and arts
as medicine.
Restructure the way insurance works and what it covers
Until we have an entirely new model of resourcing care, Tubman Center
for Health and Freedom’s WELL US Study outlines important changes
insurance companies and managed care plans can make to support the
well-being of Black Washingtonians who society has marginalized the
most.
• All insurance plans, including state plans, should follow
the Every Category of Provider Law.
• Add more providers in-network to improve access
and choice.
• Provide premium reimbursement for providers caring for
communities who society marginalizes.
• Cover the cost of vitamins, medicinal herbs, and
indigenous and ancestral medicines.
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