Monday, October 2, 2017
When a Cincinnati medical-legal partnership saw several kids with asthma whose families were threatened with evictions for using their medically-recommended air conditioners, the MLP started asking, “Who owns the building?” What they learned helped them transform 700 units of housing in the community....Read More
Sunday, October 1, 2017
To help chronically ill patients at Boston Medical Center keep their utilities on during cold Boston winters, the hospital’s medical-legal partnership started writing indiviudal protection letters. Unable to keep up with the demand, they turned their attention to strengthening the protection laws to help families upstream....Read More
Saturday, September 30, 2017
When more and more children were being admitted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with head and neck injuries, their medical-legal partnership traced the problem to state booster seat laws. Dr. Bob Pettignano shares what happened next....Read More
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Being told you have cancer is overwhelming, so is undergoing treatment. But for Lonnie Evans, it was hard to focus on getting better when he couldn't keep working and was denied disabilities benefits and public health insurance....Read More
