Door to Door in the Heartland, Preaching Healthy Living

The New York Times’ Sabrina Tavernise reports on local health programs funded with money from the Affordable Care Act. A Oklahoma City-based program is targeting an area in that city where the rate of heart disease mortality is “10 times as high as in the [city’s] healthiest neighborhood.” “In addition to the heart program, which offers free medicine and checkups in exchange for taking a health class, the area is getting a new health complex,” writes Tavernise. 

 

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