From the Saporta Report:
Community members and business leaders gathered at the June 21 Transform Westside Summit centered around the topic “Housing is Health.” The Summit emphasized the interconnection between housing stability and overall health outcomes, and featured insightful discussions from key representatives of Kaiser Permanente, including Stefanie Hurst, Senior Director of Community Health, and Dr. Sylvia Morris, MD, MPH, Hospitalist and Area Physician […]
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Homelessness is the primary driver of the mental health / substance crisis especially, but yeah, overall as well. People really think a system that withholds insulin, then pays for emergency gangrene amputations, then pays out increasing disability for years as more amputations (and other problems) happen, is more efficient somehow. And that’s just ONE example of how proper regular care saves a looot of resources in the long run using just one disease process. There’s millions of examples across everything from colorectal cancers to congestive heart failure