Dr. Vonda Wright

She either has a touch of dementia or she has full-blown Alzheimer's.

That is the state of women that I see every time I go to fix a hip on call.

And do you know in her lucid moments what she is saying to me?

She is standing there with her daughter.

It's usually the eldest daughter at the bedside.

She's looking at me.

She's looking at her daughter.

And time after time again, she'll say something like, I've not always been like this.

I don't know how I got here.

Don't ever let this happen to you.

Don't get old.

Well, I am not blaming her at all.

I see the future of women, Mel.

I can't not not cry.

If we know we have within our hands to change the trajectory of our future, and if we choose to not be the victims of the passage of time, we don't have to end up like all those women I take care of, 30% of whom after they break a hip will die.

We can choose another path.

but it takes conscious effort and a belief that we are worth it.

This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, 70% of Americans say they live somewhere that isn't affordable for average families.

That's up from just 45% over the summer.

But with Trump, he has unilaterally pushed a lever that makes prices go up.