Millions of U.S. residents do not receive necessary preventive care, according to two reports released on Thursday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. According to the fourth annual national health care quality and disparities reports, although the quality of the health care system continues to improve overall, lower-income and minority residents continue to receive a lower quality of care than other residents.

In addition, the reports found that uninsured residents received the lowest quality of care and had the most problems with access. The reports also found that residents overall — with the majority low-income, minority or uninsured — do not receive necessary examinations, tests and advice from physicians that can prevent or limit the progression of asthma, cancer, diabetes and obesity.

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