Special Guest: Daniel Dawes, JD, is a nationally respected health policy expert, author, and executive director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Daniel founded and chaired the largest advocacy group focused on developing comprehensive law to restructure the health care system and address inequities. He also helped shape the Affordable Care Act.
In his presentation, Daniel will explain how political decisions and public policy create community conditions that harm our nation’s health. He will also reveal how such decisions and policies result in polluted water and air, unreliable transportation, unsafe neighborhoods, unhealthy food options, low incomes, and other conditions that create health inequities. Get ready to be inspired and challenged by the framework presented for addressing the systemic barriers that prevent the U.S. from becoming what it could be: the healthiest nation in the world.
What will be covered:
- The relationship between politics and health
- Comprehensive law and how it can restructure the health care system
- Framework for addressing systemic barriers and inequities caused by political decisions
Date and Time
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST
Wednesday, November 17th
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Location
Zoom