Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced today a state group to look at curbing racial health disparities.

It is no secret that disparities exist. Minorities suffer from more chronic diseases then whites. Brown said the group wasn’t there to rehash statistics we all already know.

Instead, they hope to come up with subanstive policy changes that will address the problem. Financial incentives to hospitals, doctors and others in the industry is one thing the group will look at.

E. Albert Reece, Dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will head the group.

Read more here.

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