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Twenty years ago, when Oriol was treating patients at Harvard-affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Mecical Center, she was struck by the high rates of infant mortality in Boston, which she says are symptomatic of a “very sick community” suffering from great disparaities in access to care...
...Family Van is estimated to save the healthcare system roughly $20 million a year by treating patients who otherwise would not have regular access to primary care and saving them the cost of potentially expensive emergency room visits, Oriol explains...
Despite The Family Van’s emphasis on preventative measures and healthy lifestyle choices, Bennet says that the patient population consists primarily of minorities and low-income groups who do not have easy access to healthy foods...
...efforts is to access fresh fruits and vegetables,” Bennet says. “But when they don’t have a car and the neighborhood is full of fast-food restaurants, you are really fighting an uphill battle...
...With access to his father's vast real estate fortune, Spitzer could easily launch a new foundation to fight for causes he believes in. "There is a whole range of possibilities, from educational institutions to housing to microfinance in the developing world," says Avi Schick, a lawyer and the former head of New York's economic-development agency. "He hasn't figured out precisely what he will do." (See the top 10 political gaffes...