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To improve Philly's healthcare system, first focus on poverty

If medical professionals were asked to identify the features that would make up an ideal healthcare system, I think there would be a lot of agreement. Most professionals would talk about themes such as quality care that is both affordable and accessible, data and cost transparency, and less bureaucracy.

Homes sits vacant with boarded up windows on the 2400 block of Redner Street in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, February 14, 2018.
Homes sits vacant with boarded up windows on the 2400 block of Redner Street in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, February 14, 2018.Read moreSYDNEY SCHAEFER / Staff Photographer
    by Anthony V. Coletta, MD, MBA, For Philly.com
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