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Issues In Healthcare

Rick Bowmer
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AP

Religious exemptions for the measles vaccine, flare-ups of sexually transmitted diseases, and a lack of equity in Medicaid coverage for cancer treatment…We explore a spectrum of health concerns in our area, with guests:

  • Michael Gormley, Albany reporter, Newsday
  • Shay Ingersoll, disease intervention specialist, and Lynn Sosa, M.D., deputy state epidemiologist and TB/STD control programs coordinator, Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Blythe Adamson, Ph.D., MPH, health economist, Flatiron Health, and lead author of a Yale study on Medicaid expansion and equity in cancer care