Another reminder, true health policy needs to be about more than just fixing a broken leg, it needs to address underlying issues that can impact one's health for the rest of their lives...
Poverty as a Childhood Disease - NYTimes.com: "These remind us that — more so than in my mother’s generation — poverty in this country is now likely to define many children’s life trajectories in the harshest terms: poor academic achievement, high dropout rates, and health problems from obesity and diabetes to heart disease, substance abuse and mental illness."
