The Health and Well-Being of Children

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 25, 2017

Irwin Redlener, president emeritus and co-founder of the Children's Health Fund, professor of pediatrics and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and the author of The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First-Century America  (Columbia University Press, 2017), talks about his life and work dedicated to removing barriers for children to realize their potential, from healthcare to education, and discusses the recent disasters in Puerto Rico and Mexico, as well as the current efforts to repeal the ACA.

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