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Person Place Thing with NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan

Dr. Ashwin Vasan
The office of NYC Health Commissioner
Dr. Ashwin Vasan

New York City’s health commissioner notes that the best medical outcome is that the patient doesn’t get sick in the first place, and yet, “We spend four trillion dollars on health care, and we spend about three cents of every dollar on prevention and public health. Something has to give.” Ah, but what? Produced with Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

You can hear the full episode at personplacething.org.