EVMS and NSU host community discussions spotlighting health disparities
EVMS has launched a series of listening sessions to hear people s experiences and feedback on tackling health disparity issues in Hampton Roads. Author: Eugene Daniel (WVEC) Updated: 11:38 PM EST March 11, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Few times have health disparities been on display like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Educators at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Norfolk State University are teaming up to tackle tough conversations they say are needed to make change.
On Thursday, EVMS and Norfolk State hosted the third in a series of listening sessions on health disparities in Hampton Roads. The discussions ask people to share their stories and examine the issue facing health disparities in the community.
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thanks for your service. it can be a big grind but it is a big honor as well. it is a big honor. thank you for having me. thank you. we ll have more from chuck s interview on our website meetthepress.com. jennifer, let s look at this in the big picture. so you have clearly, as chuck just pointed out, and as the secretary just pointed out, you have a product that people want. you have a lot of people who have signed up. does that give those who don t want to repeal obamacare any ammunition realistically to fight what clearly has been stated by the president-elect of the united states that he wants to get rid of obamacare as we know it? well, you know, she was exactly right when she said that people really have nothing to lose by signing up right now and they re encouraging people to do that. that benefits the obama administration by reinforcing that they were right and this
several of them were there including hhs secretary cynthia burwell. also former hhs secretary kathleen sebelius, she was sitting there, too, and i think she had to be thinking about her legacy. greg. shannon good to see you again, as always. i have an observation for viewers some advice for politicians, and then a question for you. first the observation. this is about subsidies and subsidies, let s face it, it s boring. nobody is listening. and boring things kill you. that s the problem. boring things kill you. and the left counts on people tuning out when you start talking about boring stuff. my advice is it s time to co-opt the left. when the left wants something, they say it s broken. foreign policy is broken. health care is broken. let s fix it. so the only way to combat this is to say that obamacare is broken, and we need a new program called no obamacare now, my question to you is how