Name: What Americans agree on when it comes to health
Uploaded: 2018-10-10T13:54:07Z
Duration: 12 min 47 s
Description: We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

Rebecca Onie: What Americans agree on when it comes to health

What Americans agree on when it comes to health

We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

Americans across political, racial, and economic divides consistently agree on what creates real health: access to food, safe housing, and basic resources. In focus groups from Charlotte to Seattle, people chose to spend most of a hypothetical health budget on these essentials, not on hospitals. A staggering 24 percent of insured patients still run out of food or struggle with housing. The talk reveals that the disagreement is not about what makes people healthy but about how health care is delivered and discussed.