Season 8 · Episode 667
667 - RxKids—Flint, Michigan's Cash Allowances For New Parents
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
September 27, 202323m 57s
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Show Notes
Starting in January, 2024, every family with a new baby in Flint, Michigan will be eligible to receive cash payments for the first year of life. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis in 2014, and Luke Shaefer, Michigan public policy professor, talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how this effort came together and what it hopes to accomplish. Professor Schaefer's new book is The Injustice of Place. Learn more at flintrxkids.com