UpNorthNews Radio with Pat Kreitlow

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.