The values that inform the system are designed to do the exact opposite of what we’re asking it to do, which is to not differentiate.
And I guess I’ll close this by saying that the National Minority Quality Forum has begun to recognize us, as have many of our partners, that reforming a system that is not designed at its core in its core programming to address issues through an equitable lens is an interesting and very busy experience, but will ultimately fail because the operating system. We’ve got more precise data available to us to enable churning of the issue, but moving forward from defining the issue towards resolving the issue is where you and I in the work we do together and others are experiencing what could be called a systemic hiccup, but it says to me that we get into the crux of the problem. And in that 50 years, the conversation has not changed significantly nor have the challenges.
So I raised that here because A, not only am I old and working on issues associated with growing old, but in that 50 years I’ve seen or experienced the discussions that you and I are often having in different forms, through any number of different lenses with a particular aspect of the conversation being defined as the challenge, the problem. 30 of them have been very specifically focused on federal and state policy, but prior to that I spent about 10 years with the federal government and another 10 in Michigan with the City of Detroit Health Department and with the Greater Detroit Area Health Council. I have been a member of the National Minority Quality Forum team for 20 years, which means I probably need to confess that I’ve been working in the health policy environment for 50 years. Well, tell us a little bit more about your work with the National Minority Quality Forum. Gretchen, thank you so much for joining us today. An advocate for more than 30 years, Gretchen has committed her career to advancing health policy and restoring equity. Joining us today is Gretchen Wartman, vice president for policy and program at the National Minority Quality Forum. My name is Sue Peschin, and I’m the president and CEO here at the Alliance for Aging Research.
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