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Nonprofit Helping Low-Income Patients Describes Itself as 'Match.com Meets the Peace Corps'

Year

2018

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

6m 45s

Publication Information

NewsHour Productions

Summary

Physician shortages, as well as cost and distance, can make specialty care prohibitive for many low-income patients. A nonprofit aims to tackle those challenges by utilizing telehealth technology and retiring, volunteer doctors. Special correspondent Cat Wise explores "The MAVEN Project."

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