Coronavirus: America's Public Health Fail

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English - April 14, 2020 17:01 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Find out how the erosion of America’s public health system undermined our response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. In this first of a podcast series, Dr. Tony Iton, senior vice president for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment, explains how having a patchwork health insurance system, along with a weakened public health system, has left America even more vulnerable during the crisis. Host Brenda Gazzar asks "Would Medicare for All help?" The answer may surprise you.