Why Are Kids Dying? A Pediatrician’s Run for Senate to Stop the Normalization of Neglect

About this episode

Dr. Annie Andrews discusses her campaign for the U.S. Senate and the urgent need to address children's health and gun violence in America.

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children. Millions have been plunged back into poverty. A top anti-vaccine activist runs Health and Human Services. Pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews argues that this isn't a political issue — it's a moral failure. So she left the hospital to run for the U.S. Senate, aiming to become its first pediatrician. In this urgent and inspiring episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Dana Trampas, MPH, sits down with Dr. Annie Andrews — a pediatric hospitalist, gun violence researcher, and Democratic candidate for Senate in South Carolina. Recorded live at the Power of Women in Medicine Summit, Dr. Andrews explains why she traded her white coat for a campaign trail, detailing the systemic reasons children’s health is ignored in politics and how she’s building a movement to change it. Dr. Andrews reveals: The Power Vacuum Hurting Kids: Why children, a quarter of the population, have no political voice — and how her PAC, “Their Future PAC”, is designed to fill that void. The Legislative Lifeline We Let Expire: The stunning success and tragic expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit, and why her number one priority is making it…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Annie Andrews

Topics covered

• gun violence
• children's health
• politics
• pediatric care
• advocacy

Keywords

• Health and Human Services
• Their Future PAC
• Child Tax Credit
• public health crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: HIT Like A Girl

Places: America, South Carolina

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