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Gerrymandering Is Bad for Your Health (Hour 2)

Gerrymandering Is Bad for Your Health (Hour 2)

May 18, 2023 8:00 AM CDT

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In this week’s Hometown Health segment, Dr. Kristin Lyerly and a guest discuss the impact when a community that wants an improved healthcare system is blocked by politicians who hold power despite not having majority support. By rigging the political maps, they’re able to allow for-profits corporations to control the kinds of care people get—and don’t get—and at a price that drives many to bankruptcy, with its own health impacts.

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