Keywords
race, poverty, injustice, family, health insurance, Medicaid, discrimination
Abstract
Tabitha Walrond gave birth to Tyler Isaac Walrond on June 27, 1997, when Tabitha, a black woman from the Bronx, was nineteen years old. Four months before the birth, Tabitha, who received New York public assistance, attempted to enroll Tyler in her health insurance plan (HIP), but encountered a mountain of bureaucratic red tape and errors. After several trips to three different offices in the city, Tabitha still could not get a Medicaid card for Tyler. Tabitha’s city caseworker informed her that she would have to wait until after Tyler’s social security card and birth certificate arrived to get the card. No doctor would see him without the Medicaid card.
Recommended Citation
Andrea Freeman,
"First Food" Justice: Racial Disparities in Infant Feeding As Food Oppression,
83 Fordham L. Rev. 3053
(2015).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol83/iss6/8
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