In this opinion piece, the author makes the case that more black doctors in the U.S. would help decrease black-white health disparities. In his argument, he cites work by Liliana Garces and David Mickey-Pabello that gauges the negative impact of affirmative action bans in six states on enrollment of minorities in medical school.

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