Dr. Stephen Bezruchka Discusses His Just-Published, “Born Sick in the USA, Improving the Health of a Nation”

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Federal policymakers continue to turn a blind eye to the social determinants of health (SDOH), despite overwhelming evidence that non-medical factors substantially determine population health and longevity. Clinical care averts only roughly 10% of premature deaths, yet congressional efforts to addresss SDOH have been nearly nonexistent—yielding just two underfunded SDOH bills this decade. The CDC’s SDOH program legislated in 2020 operates in a diminished capacity while high-priority legislation like Sen. Blumenthal’s “Social Determinants for Moms Act,” introduced this past March, languishes with a mere three co-sponsors. In his work Dr. Bezruchka highlights core systemic failures, for…