Baltimore’s Health System Fails To Care For All Residents

Baltimore’s Health System Fails To Care For All Residents
A recurring bone infection landed Robert Peace in the hospital five times after a 2004 car accident fractured a hip. He blames his readmissions on a lack of follow-up care. (Doug Kapustin for Kaiser Health News)
Baltimore’s Health System Fails To Care For All Residents
A recurring bone infection landed Robert Peace in the hospital five times after a 2004 car accident fractured a hip. He blames his readmissions on a lack of follow-up care. (Doug Kapustin for Kaiser Health News)

Baltimore’s Health System Fails To Care For All Residents

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In the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, where Freddie Gray lived, the typical resident lives a decade less than the average American. With growing distrust in law enforcement, citizens are also skeptical about the cost and quality of the medical care they receive. Jay Hancock of Kaiser Health News speaks with Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins about the massive health disparity between the poor and the rich in Baltimore.

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