Why Child Poverty Is So Prevalent

Child poverty is a problem that’s much closer to home than many of us realize, with over a third of US children living in poverty at some point in their childhood.  Dr. Benard Dreyer, Director of Pediatrics at Bellevue Hospital and one of the strongest voices in pediatrics on this issue, joins us to talk about the long and short term effects of child poverty and what we can do to alleviate it.