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Why Are We So Dependent On China For Medical Supplies?

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 2, 2020
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 30: People stock medical supplies in an emergency field hospital to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Park on March 30, 2020 in New York City. The field hospital is the work of the Samaritan's Purse organization and will add 68 hospital beds specifically equipped to serve as a respiratory care unit and to be administered by Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
People stock medical supplies in an emergency field hospital to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Park on March 30, 2020 in New York City.
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Why Are We So Dependent On China For Medical Supplies?

That’s one of the questions addressed by Dr. Marty Makary’s book “The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It” -- and amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s more pressing than ever. 

We sit down with Dr. Makary to discuss our health systems’ capacities and readiness to address the outbreak, as well as why he sounded the alarm on the virus in early March.

Guest:

Marty Makary M.D., professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins University; his book is “The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It” (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019); he is the editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, an online news source for healthcare professionals; he tweets