MY TURN: The future of health care needs us in the same room
Heritage Health CEO Mike Baker
Last week I sat beside Dr. Thomas Fletcher, interim director of Panhandle Health District, at a public forum in Coeur d'Alene. The goal was simple. Talk about where health care in North Idaho goes next.
Dr. Fletcher and I agree on more than people might expect. The data he brought tells a compelling story, and an epidemiologist in the audience added some helpful context on specific numbers. That's the kind of conversation I came for. Wherever you land on the details, it's hard to argue with the big picture. Americans aren't living our healthiest lives. Maybe it's access. Maybe it's food. It's probably all of it. And it shows up hard in places like Shoshone, Boundary and Benewah counties, where community health centers are doing tough work on thin margins.
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