A Success Story: Expanding Health Care Options For Detroit's Poor-The KHN Interview

Dr. Herbert Smitherman talks about the Voices of Detroit Initiative that tracked 33,000 uninsured people and helped get more than half of them into coordinated care systems.

Read the interview: A Success Story: Expanding Health Care Options For Detroit’s Poor-The KHN Interview

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<h1>A Success Story: Expanding Health Care Options For Detroit’s Poor-The KHN Interview</h1>
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			May 12, 2011		</time>
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