When I think of health equities, I think of the authority that the secretary of HHS has to award grants that will deal with housing, with food insecurity, with factors that affect people's health. We just had a breakout, a bad breakout in Bangor, Maine, where I live, of HIV among those who are unsheltered and are drug users as well. And it's a horrible breakout, the worst that we've seen. So that's an area where you can legitimately ask if there were more vouchers, if there were more homeless shelters, … (09:47–10:05)
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Asserts that there was a significant HIV outbreak in Bangor, Maine, among unsheltered drug users.
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