TY - JOUR T1 - US takes on health care discrimination: Celebrating 50 years of The Nation’s Health JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 12 LP - 12 VL - 51 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/51/5/12.abstract N2 - In 1980, The Nation’s Healthreported on discriminatory practices that were common in U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. People were regularly refused admission based on their race or ethnicity, and those with life-threatening emergencies who could not pay were turned away or diverted to public hospitals, among other practices. ER -