Explore the relationship between political determinants of health and health equity in this August 20, 2020, installment of the AMA’s Prioritizing Equity YouTube series. Join us as leaders in health care and politics discuss both the immediate and long-term impact political determinants of health have on the nation as it grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Panel:
• Daniel E. Dawes, JD—Professor of health policy, director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and author of the book “The Political Determinants of Health.”
• Jesus “Chuy” Garcia—Congressman Garcia represents the 4th Congressional District of Illinois. He currently serves as a member of the influential Financial Services Committee, Natural Resources Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC).
Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH—Chief health equity officer, group vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association.
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0:00 Introduction
3:24 Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (Introduction)
4:42 Daniel E. Dawes, JD (Introduction)
5:38 The political determinants of health – a definition
10:42 Political disenfranchisement, disempowerment, and health
14:10 Introducing the Health Equity and Accountability Act with the Tri-Caucus
16:45 What are the politics that prevents health equity legislation from moving forward?
19:46 A historical look at health equity legislation
23:07 The role of physicians and organized medicine in politics
29:30 How should physicians and health care work to effect change?
31:47 Steve Bannon, his arrest for alleged fraud, and the border wall
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