And tonight's Brief But Spectacular features pediatrician Lucy Marcil,who integrates free tax and financial services into her care for patients and their families as a way to help improve their overall health.People trust their doctor. We ask them really intimate questions all the time.You know we ask them about sex, about mental health, about alcohol use.But I bet, if you think about your own experiences, you have probably never had your doctor ask you how much money you make.If you have less money, you have worse health outcomes in almost any disease you can think of.Poor children in the U.S. die at higher rates. They are one-and-a-half more likely to die. They're twice as likely to be hospitalized.So, it really is a health issue, and it's negligence on our part not to be asking about it.I had a mom in clinic last week who is trying her best to raise two lovely kids, but she's been homeless.She's been in several abusive relationships. She's encountered mental health problems.And, as a result, it's been hard for her to keep steady jobs. With her, for instance, I asked her, Have you filed your taxes?She said: I'm not going to. I only made $3,000 last year. And I was able to explain to her how, if she did file,the U.S. government would give her $1,200, which would be a third of her annual income.So that's just a small example of the way in which we try to prescribe tax preparation as a health intervention in pediatric clinics.We found that 60 percent of the families we serve have never heard of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
今晚做客《简短而精彩》的是儿科医生露西・马西尔，她将免费的税收和金融服务融入到她对病人及其家属的护理中，以此来帮助改善他们的整体健康状况。人们信任他们的医生。我们总是问他们非常亲密的问题。我们问他们关于性，心理健康，酗酒的问题。但我敢打赌，如果你想想你自己的经历，你可能从来没有让你的医生问过你赚了多少钱。如果你的钱不多，你可以想到的任何一种疾病都可能带来严重健康问题。美国贫困儿童的死亡率更高。他们死亡的可能性要大一点半。他们住院的可能性是以前的两倍。所以，这真的是一个健康问题，不去询问是我们的疏忽。上周有个妈妈在我的诊所里，她正尽力抚养两个可爱的孩子，但她一直无家可归。她的几次恋爱中都存在虐待问题，她遇到了心理健康问题。因此，她很难有稳定工作，比如，我问她，你交过税了吗？她说：没交过，我去年只赚了3000美元。我可以向她解释，如果她真的提交文件，美国政府将给她1200美元，这将是她年收入的三分之一。所以这只是一个很小的例子，我们试图在儿科诊所里把税收筹划作为一种健康干预。我们发现，我们服务的60%的家庭从未听说过所得税抵免。
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