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Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Lagu, a hospitalist, pharmacist, and researcher at Northwestern University, to discuss the startling bias faced by people with disabilities seeking care. Harlan reports on a study of attitudes toward genetic editing of embryos; Howie explains the debate over the looming shortfall in Medicare funding.
Links:
“Public views on polygenic screening of embryos”
Tara Lagu: “Access to Subspecialty Care for Patients With Mobility Impairment”
Tara Lagu: “Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care”
Tara Lagu: “Opinion: People With Disabilities Deserve Better Health Care. We All Do.”
Harlan Krumholz: “A Note to My Younger Colleagues...Be Brave”
“Biden has yet to say just how he would strengthen Social Security and Medicare trust funds”