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How social isolation becomes a medical problem

My elderly father keeps going to the emergency room because he's lonely and it's the only place people have to pay attention to him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healthcare systems become default safety nets for broader social failures around aging and community.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare justice and the right to health?”

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