About this episode

Alan and Andy discuss the stark differences in healthcare experiences between low-income and middle-class communities.

Alan and Andy work in different medical environments. Alan works in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the county, one with many who are uninsured, undocumented, who have to work multiple jobs, who have limited food options, and who had the highest COVID mortality in the world. Andy works in a middle class environment filled with tech-heavy white collared people, where good nutrition and exercise is common, smoking rates are among the lowest in the country, and the COVID death ra...

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