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What's Health Got to Do with It?

The fight for patient care: Doctors, dollars and decisions

Subin Yang
/
for NPR

Dr. Ali Kasraeian, president of the Duval County Medical Society, joins Dr. Joe Sirven to discuss critical health care issues in Northeast Florida. He shares his insights about combating chronic conditions such as diabetes, improving health care access for underserved communities and promoting health literacy.

Then, how an insurance company’s controversial policy change blocked access to care for patients managing serious respiratory conditions. Lawren Geer, interim executive director of the Infusion Providers Alliance, explains the implications of the policy shift and how her organization is advocating for patients who require clinic-administered asthma injections.

And, from short appointment times to contaminated eggs, we revisit a few of our most informative listener questions.

  • Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention and control at Nemours Children’s Health in Florida.
  • Dr. Dacre Knight, director of the Ehlers-Danlos Clinic at Mayo Clinic.
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Stacey Bennett is the producer of "First Coast Connect" and "What's Health Got to Do With It?" She is a Jacksonville-based singer-songwriter who performs under the nom de plume Folk is People. Stacey holds bachelor's degrees in both political science and psychology from the University of North Florida and a master's in business administration from Saint Leo University.