This week, you get the meat of my conversation with Zac Jiwa - a health tech maven who’s been in leadership posts in state and private sector health IT organizations. We talked about social determinants of health. We chewed on how to break the system to fix it. We talked about the billions we’ve spent to “reform” the system, which seemed to only make it kind of a hot mess. How could patient data become a revolutionary weapon? Let patients use their data in a marketplace that rewards them FINANCIALLY for participating.Zac Jiwa’s links:Twitterhttps://twitter.com/HITManZac MI7https://www.mi7.io/ Zac on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hitmanzac/ TR Reid “ The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better Cheaper and Fairer Health” http://www.trreid.net/the_healing_of_america__a_global_quest_for_better__cheaper__and_fairer_health_ca_88372.htmTwo tiered health system https://economics.mit.edu/files/6415 Social Determinants of Health https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-health Selling my health data? CUT. ME. IN. BITCHES.https://medium.com/@mightycasey/selling-my-health-data-cut-me-in-bitches-447880201004 THIS WEEK’S RANT! Did you know that the American government is separating kids from their parents if the family is at the border, either asking for asylum or simply hoping to cross the border to seek a better life doing jobs Americans won’t do, like crop picking and day labor?Yes, the country that proudly displays “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” on the Statue of Liberty - we’re dragging kids from their parents’ arms and putting them in cages. Some people say that these internment camps are “essentially summer camps.” Weird summer camps, man.We are giving kids whose families are simply seeking to escape gang violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and other Central American countries - gang violence fueled by our own country’s neverending demand for heroin - nightmares that will follow them all their lives.These little kids getting caged at the border have done nothing wrong. Even if their parents are crossing into the US illegally, how does that civil offense - a MISDEMEANOR, not even a felony - warrant having your two year old put in a cage?A healthy nation doesn’t do shit like this. Tearing families apart for a misdemeanor offense seems like something that would happen in a failed democracy, not a thriving one.Might be time to take to the streets.If you’re a lawyer, they need you at the border. Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help immigrant children separated from their families - Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/heres-list-organizations-are-mobilizing-help-separated-immigrant-child/ No, Donald Trump’s separation of immigrant families was not Barack Obama’s policy - Politifacthttp://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/jun/19/matt-schlapp/no-donald-trumps-separation-immigrant-families-was/ Cruz announces bill to end separation of immigrant families - The Hillhttp://thehill.com/homenews/senate/392892-cruz-announces-bill-to-end-separation-of-immigrant-families Compassionate Conservatism Collapses Under Trump and Stewart - Bearing Drifthttps://bearingdrift.com/2018/06/19/compassionate-conservatism-collapses-under-trump-and-stewart/ Is Illegal Immigration a Crime? Improper Entry v. Unlawful Presence - FindLawhttps://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2014/07/is-illegal-immigration-a-crime-improper-entry-v-unlawful-presence.html Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn't Mean - NPRhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean Music: Movin’ On Up by Podington Bearhttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Upbeat/MovinOnUp Creative Commons 3.0 licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/