Real health care reform will require addressing systemic socio-economic problems and activating low income patients to take responsibility for their own care.

Spotlight Webcast – Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey from Spotlight on Vimeo.

A recent webcast provided by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity features Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discussing social and economic factors that influence health including access to high quality health care, healthy neighborhoods and grocery stores. In the interview, Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey explores how investments in disease prevention can mitigate health disparities and examines how health reform legislation will affect low-income Americans. The webcast is hosted by Spotlight’s Mary Jo Walsh.

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