When I was a resident, Dr. Goldfrank would ask us the same question on every patient we saw:

"What is the lesion in the healthcare system that brought this patient to us today?"

It was a challenge to look deeper into the root cause of emergencies

Over the last 3 months, I've finally come to realize that it's the US healthcare system itself that is the lesion.

A system that discriminates at every level. A system that isn't there to provide care to all. A system that is frankly racist

Our inner city communities are hardest hit by #COVID19 because, for many, their health was already marginal - lack of appointments, lack of money and/or access for medications, fear of bankruptcy by the healthcare system.

All this created poor baseline health

Healthcare is a human right

Systemic inequalities of care dramatically effect socioeconomic and racial minorities

Universal, single-payer healthcare is desperately needed