Everything is Public Health

What is the Medicaid Gap? Why does it exists? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show

Your health insurance does not cover dental or your eyes. Why not? Why isn't the teeth part of the body? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com   Photo Credit: Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/kpLEaeScdHY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show

Tough on Crime is broke. I want Tough on White Collar Crime.  When people say Tough on Crime, they mean tough on a specific type of crime. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com  Support the show

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The spirit of public health is about the health of everyone, which means anything at disproportionately affect one community over another is a public health concern. Our criminal justice system is not a fair one, and that has devastating impact on what it means to live in this country. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by LOGAN WEAVER on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/uwyqYYWUQJw?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show

We need to talk about the police. Broken window theory has been bastardized into broken window policing. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

The trauma remains long after the bullets are removed. When we think of gun violence in America, we either think of mass shootings or gangs and drugs.  But that's not an accurate picture of gun violence in this country. A significant portions of gun violence exists in the community, and the majority of gun related deaths are tied to suicides. How can we prevent community violence? How can we tackle this incredibly complicated problem? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Photo Credit: Photo by Kael Bloom on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/21MaU3f-j9s?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSound Credit: "Screen Saver" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show

School choice (conservatives) people love blaming everything on public schools. Stop blaming public schools on problems caused by almost a century of concentrated disadvantage. Also, summer breaks are too long.  -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show

There is a strong connection between educational attainment and health outcomes. Although our education system has faults and flaws, public school is nonetheless an earnest effort to provide everyone with education and future opportunities. In addition, public school is not just a school, but often times a resource for the students, the family, and the community surrounding it.  So why do some people want to undermine our already strained system? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/LT8LbZ7R3wE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show

"New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking.Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year." - BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59589775More discussion about the tobacco industry and their unethical ways, and Cass gives a therapy session for MJ.  -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show

"Nicotine is not addictive" - a bunch of tobacco executives to Congress, April 14, 1994. Cigarettes is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. How much does it cost us? How is tobacco still a thing?  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com       Photo Credit:  Photo by Julia Engel on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/B9UZSOU0pVQ?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show