Dr. Chris Conover, research scholar at Duke University’s Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, summarizes his research into health risks associated with a lack of insurance. Conover offered these comments during an April 14, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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