"Born Sick in the USA" by Stephen Bezruchka
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Stephen Bezruchka has worked in the healthcare field for over 50 years. A graduate of Stanford Medical School, with a public health degree from Johns Hopkins University, Bezruchka began his career by setting up a community health project in the Himalayas.
He spent over 30 years…
Americans: Unequal and Sick
The United States spends as much on healthcare as almost half the world combined, yet so many Americans are unhealthy. Would universal healthcare be enough alone to rectify this costly state of ill health? Stephen Bezruchka posits that inequality is at the root of our affliction — and that taxing t…
EP378: Dr. Stephen Bezruchka - Born Sick In The U.S.A.
"Changing your mind is one of the best ways of discovering whether you still have one or not."
Raymond Aaron has known Dr. Stephen Bezruchka since the first day of university — two students of mathematics and physics who went on to build entirely different lives, stayed close across sixty years an…
At the Root of American Ill Health Lies Capitalism
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FEATURING STEPHEN BEZRUCHKA - Americans have higher rates of chronic illnesses compared to other wealthy nations. They a…
Old Mole Variety Hour for August 3, 2026
The United States spends as much on healthcare as almost half the world
combined, yet so many Americans are unhealthy. Would universal healthcare be
enough alone to rectify this costly state of ill health? Stephen Bezruchka
posits that inequality is at the root of our...
Born Sick? How Inequality, Stress, and Society Shape Our Health with Dr. Stephen Bezruchka
In this eye-opening episode of The Everyday Health Struggle, we connect with Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, physician, public health researcher, global health advocate, and Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, to explore a question that challenges everything we think we kn…
68.The Hidden Cost of Stress: How Society Shapes Our Health
Episode Description
Is stress simply a feeling, or does it physically change our bodies?
In this eye-opening episode, we explore how chronic stress, inequality, and social environments influence everything from mental health to chronic disease. Our guest explains the fascinating science behind stre…
How Inequality and Public Policy Shape Our Health
Stephen Bezruchka explores how economic inequality, public policy, early childhood conditions, and social environments shape health and longevity, drawing on more than 50 years of experience in medicine and public health.
Ep 496: The 2026 Kirkus Indie Awards
On this week’s special Kirkus Indie Awards episode, C.W. Johnson discusses his award-winning novel, A Life Full of Quarks (Baryon Dreams Press, Sept. 24, 2024). “In Johnson’s novel, a brilliant physicist tries to build a life after narrowly surviving a childhood filled with reanimated dinosaurs, ru…
Dr. Stephen Bezruchka Discusses His Just-Published, “Born Sick in the USA, Improving the Health of a Nation”
Federal policymakers continue to turn a blind eye to the social determinants of health (SDOH), despite overwhelming evidence that non-medical factors substantially determine population health and longevity. Clinical care averts only roughly 10% of premature deaths, yet congressional efforts to add…
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