"We need to make sure people are prioritized based on level of risk for contracting and dying from COVID and not solely based on their income or ability to purchase the vaccine."
"Equity does not mean equal. It means providing resources proportionate to the need or burden of disease."
"the key is the communal impact measurement, which is also in my environmental justice bill, is very important."
"The expansion of telehealth has played a critical role in the access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Home and community-based care is the future of healthcare delivery in this country."
"We must reimagine and redesign healthcare."
"The question we need to ask ourselves is, What are the current barriers to home-based care, and how do we address them?"
"How do we ensure equity and create policies that not only increase telehealth coverage when appropriate, but ensure that everyone has access to the technology?"
"I want to increase accessibility for all people, especially those that currently go without seeing a doctor..."
"I really do believe, since 80 percent of what we spend in healthcare is--are on 20 percent of the complex patients..."
"I do, Lawrence. I`ve been administering tests in the hardest to reach communities, the farm workers and the homeless since the summer, really taking a community-based approach, working with free clini..."
"But I can tell you first hand from practicing years in the emergency department and as a public health expert in emergencies that the number one driving factor here is systemic inequalities with acces..."