Clarence Jones

Dr. Land, I want to ask this question again. This is not politically loaded, but I want to ask it anyway. A lot of people think they have their two different choices around health care. They think that health care is either a privilege or a right. Do you get into those kind of conversations or have you, you know, where people are just struggling with this issue, you know, because it is so complex.

Dr. Land, I want to ask this question again. This is not politically loaded, but I want to ask it anyway. A lot of people think they have their two different choices around health care. They think that health care is either a privilege or a right. Do you get into those kind of conversations or have you, you know, where people are just struggling with this issue, you know, because it is so complex.

So is it a privilege or is it a right? And you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I just want to ask.

So is it a privilege or is it a right? And you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I just want to ask.

And this is my personal opinion. I think that a lot of people that are fighting against this are fighting against it until they need it. Until they need it. Exactly. And then all of a sudden it's like, oh, yeah. Then it's like, oh, then they realize that they're just like the rest of us.

And this is my personal opinion. I think that a lot of people that are fighting against this are fighting against it until they need it. Until they need it. Exactly. And then all of a sudden it's like, oh, yeah. Then it's like, oh, then they realize that they're just like the rest of us.

Exactly. And life does happen.

Exactly. And life does happen.

Which is one of the reasons why I asked the question about community engagement, those things, is because we who are involved in community health, we run into this all the time. People running down to the emergency room. They don't know. Well, they know the emergency room. But many times they don't know other resources that they could take just in case.

Which is one of the reasons why I asked the question about community engagement, those things, is because we who are involved in community health, we run into this all the time. People running down to the emergency room. They don't know. Well, they know the emergency room. But many times they don't know other resources that they could take just in case.

And then we have with reoccurring visits to the emergency room. And we need to just kind of figure out how we might be able to. And we're not going to be able to address every issue and every person. But I think that we need to know more information about how we can be preemptive or preventive. get in front of some of these issues, uh, because the, the, the, uh, the pathway is there.

And then we have with reoccurring visits to the emergency room. And we need to just kind of figure out how we might be able to. And we're not going to be able to address every issue and every person. But I think that we need to know more information about how we can be preemptive or preventive. get in front of some of these issues, uh, because the, the, the, uh, the pathway is there.

We just don't know.

We just don't know.

So I think that there are a couple of different things that I could say. One is that we do have those individuals that they have the private insurance, they have access to care. There are other people that are, they're really confused.

So I think that there are a couple of different things that I could say. One is that we do have those individuals that they have the private insurance, they have access to care. There are other people that are, they're really confused.

about what's out there uh there are some people that have just decided like you know the system is just a system i'm going to use the emergency room and uh you know it's too complicated for me to kind of figure out and so that's why it it becomes you know uh important for us to know what's really going on i mean it's not like it's not like we can

about what's out there uh there are some people that have just decided like you know the system is just a system i'm going to use the emergency room and uh you know it's too complicated for me to kind of figure out and so that's why it it becomes you know uh important for us to know what's really going on i mean it's not like it's not like we can

I mean, people have to make their own choices, but I think part of our work is to give people accurate and appropriate information. That's why I was asking that question before, Lynn, about what's accurate, what's appropriate, and then what's actionable. And a lot of times the information out here is not actionable because it's not understandable.

I mean, people have to make their own choices, but I think part of our work is to give people accurate and appropriate information. That's why I was asking that question before, Lynn, about what's accurate, what's appropriate, and then what's actionable. And a lot of times the information out here is not actionable because it's not understandable.