Lucy Marcil

Activist, Brainstormer, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Doctor, Global soul, Single, Social entrepreneur

Lucy Marcil, MD, MPH is a pediatrician helping families tackle financial problems to decrease stress and improve child health. Insufficient and unpredictable income, debt, high cost of living, and lack of job opportunities and childcare keep families from building wealth to create a better future for their kids. Lucy and fellow pediatrician Michael Hole, MD, MBA developed StreetCred to help families file taxes and get the Earned Income Tax Credit, the US’s largest anti-poverty program, in the doctor’s waiting room. Now, StreetCred is piloting providing families with a bundle of services to create financial stability. Lucy sees patients at Boston Medical Center; her patients provide insights into solutions for the challenges they face. Lucy's interest in innovation for health and social change has also led her to HIV and maternal-child health systems work in Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

Child health, economic justice, understanding other cultures, and dance!

Money is a core determinant of health but one doctors aren't talking about with patients. Prescribing interventions for financial stress and instability in the doctor's office could transform the well being of children and their families.

Child health, Financial stress, Health systems, Social innovation

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