It isn't unusual to see children climb into a car every morning to be ferried to the front door of a school that's just a few blocks away. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey blockcarchild Change image and share on social
The things that are going to actually help you or me stay healthy are not necessarily the things that happen inside a doctor's office. They're the things that allow us to choose healthy lifestyles on a day-by-day basis. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey basischooseday share on social
I always knew I wanted to be a doctor, but I also knew that being a doctor meant more than treating just the patient in front of you. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey doctorfrontknow Change image and share on social
Safe Routes to School is one with great potential to get children walking and biking to school again. The program uses federal grants to make road and sidewalk repairs aimed at getting kids to school safely on foot or bicycle. The money also supports efforts to get the community, school officials and others involved. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey aimbicyclebike share on social
I had an interest in health policy and a realization that, as an academic physician, one of the things you're always looking to do is to have your clinical interests and your scholarly interests overlap and reinforce one another. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey academicclinicalhealth share on social
What is Medicaid all about? It's staying true to the mission: to care for people historically left behind. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey carehistoricallyleave Change image and share on social
American healthcare faces a crisis in quality. There is a dangerous divide between the potential for the high level of quality care that our health system promises and the uneven quality that it actually delivers. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey americancarecrisis share on social
Higher costs naturally translate into fewer employers offering insurance coverage, and fewer employees accepting it, even when it is offered. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey acceptcostcoverage Change image and share on social
Increasingly we know that we're going to have multiple medical conditions, and the person who's got the greatest incentive to manage those conditions is the patient him or herself. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey conditiongreatincentive Change image and share on social