Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders. I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I'm wondering about how we care for people in America

and I'm specifically curious about how we educate the people who care for all our citizens?

What are we teaching in medical schools?

And how might that help us improve the well-being of all?

My thought partner today is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a journalist who focuses

on solutions and a delightful optimistic student of American society. Her name is Linda Vierosa.

We talked in my apartment in front of three cameras

and a small crew set up for my PBS show, Tell Me More.

Join us for Kelly Corgan Wonders

and a conversation with the brilliant and lovable Linda Vierosa. Welcome back to Kelly Corrigan Wonders. I'm Kelly Corrigan.

Having a little money is good for your health.

We know intuitively and statistically that living in a safe home with clean water,

a full fridge, a decent mattress, makes it easier to learn in school and shine

at work.

Being poor is like having a disease that affects every day and every part of your life. But beyond poverty,

there's something more that shows up in every study and report like this plain

fact that wants our attention, a white woman with an eighth grade education

has a higher likelihood of surviving childbirth than a black woman with a master's degree.

Linda Vierosa taught me that.

She is a solution-based journalist who is drawing the national eye

to the difference in health outcomes

for people who have some money, no money, and people who are black.

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