This week on #PolicyCapsule: Health Policy, Black Mothers & Babies, and America

After reading NYT this week, I examine the ways policies have systematically failed our families when it comes to infant & maternal mortality, especially Black families.

#BlackHistoryMonth #Equity #MedMastodon

https://ankitasagarmd.substack.com/p/health-policy-black-mothers-and-babies

Yesterday was #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay

And no surprise, this week's #PolicyCapsule discusses gender equity - specifically #paygap, #parentalleave, & discrimination.

I even attempt some basic math to quantify the total $$$ (salary + interest) a female primary care physician will lose over 40 years due to the pay gap.

This post is complete with a case review, policy breakdown, call to action, and some math for good measure.

https://ankitasagarmd.substack.com/p/women-in-medicine-our-present-vs

#WomenInMedicine #genderequity

📢 Introducing a blog called #PolicyCapsule - mini explanations & bare basics of health policy for the average clinician.
It is meant to empower informed #advocacy and counter #misinformation.

Found here: ankitasagarmd.substack.com

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