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Friday, September 1, 2017

Health insurance and a new home for Maxine

When work-related injuries forced Maxine to stop her job as a Nurse’s Aide, she was denied disability benefits multiple times. When her house burned down shortly after, her health began deteriorating. With help from her health center’s medical-legal partnership, Maxine appealed and won disability pay, which was only the first victory....Read More

Friday, September 1, 2017

Reducing a city’s rate of lead poisoning

Seeing children with a rate of lead poisoning four times the national average, Dr. Jeff Martin and physicians on Lancaster's Board of...Read More