We went to the ER Friday night, for a long ordeal of tests and re-tests. My husband was having chest pains and we needed to get it checked out. Luckily, all the tests showed that he's fine but it's a wake up call that we need to pay more attention to stress management and heart-healthy behaviors.
Early in our stay, a nice woman came by with a rolling computer cart asking about our insurance. We gave her our info, and she asked some other standard questions.
One question was difficult to answer. It was about my husband's race.
The options were : White/Caucasian, Black/African descent, Asian descent, and other.
Then there was the question of ethnicity: it was an open fill-in the blank instead of choosing from a list.
We were at a loss at how to respond.
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