progress been made in terms of health care in the community? it s slow progress, we talk more about instead of recovery, reshaping the health care system in new orleans. there are now patient centers, medical homes or small neighborhood community clichbices, such as the common ground clinic on the west bank providing care to these individuals. we still have a long way to go. our state has very poor health statistics, we have high rates of hiv/aids, new orleans and baton rouge have been ranked in the top five the last five to ten years. the mortality rate is very high, heart disease, hypertension, we could go on and on. we have a long way to go. even with the affordable health care act, we don t have a lot of those things in place to extend to all of our citizens until 2014. the free clinics we re treating people with high blood pressure, diabetes and heart
this upcoming clinic will be held on the 29th of august which is the sixth anniversary of katrina. yes. i was down after careen katrina, i ve never seen anything like that in the united states. six years later, has any progress been made in terms of health care in the community? it s slow progress, we talk more about instead of recovery, reshaping the health care system in new orleans. there are now patient centers, medical homes or small neighborhood community clichbices, such as the common ground clinic on the west bank providing care to these individuals. we still have a long way to go. our state has very poor health statistics, we have high rates