The Four Billion Dollar Question with Dr. Bechara Choucair
What if instead of treating illness we also confronted the reasons Americans get sick in the first place? That’s the origin of this podcast and also the four billion dollar question Dr. Bechara Choucair is tackling at Kaiser Permanente as Chief Community Health Officer. He joins Claudia to talk about the organization’s focus on climate change and health, workforce pipelines and addressing unmet social needs.
We discuss:
The surprising fact that two-thirds of KP’s members (who are mostly covered by employer insurance) have at least one unmet social need
How the Common Health Coalition is…
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