Unteda: We need to spend money. 15 billion, in my opinionis not enough. In our road map, we call for a hundred billion dollars in the first year. Getting reg'lar screenings can help find certain cancers early and can even help prevent coloreto cancer. As black men, we face many systemic, social, economic and racial challenges. To day, i'm able to enjoy my family because my cancer was detected early. I'm so blessed to be here to day to share my story with sincerely dave ford.
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but certain corners of Congress don’t want to spend a penny more on it. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel argues for $100 billion in new spending to fight Covid-19.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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