“When healthcare is inaccessible and unaffordable, [people] can’t get to it. When they can’t get to it, they get sicker. When they get sicker, it affects their jobs. When their jobs are affected, that not only affects them because they have sick days or they lose their job because they’re sick, but also that business, that entity, loses them. That’s a very connected effect to our economy. Even though it is not exactly direct, it is absolutely a pressure and factor on it,” said Senator Friedman.
From left to right: Pahneez Hasseli (COO), Caitlin French (Communications Coordinator), Senator Cindy Friedman, Chris Albrizio-Lee (CEO)
On the most recent episode of the Connecting Communities: Workforce Development Stories podcast, Senator Friedman joins us to discuss how workforce shortages in healthcare impact the broader regional economy, state-level strategies to expand pathways into high demand health care roles, the importance of building strong pipelines to support communities facing unique barriers to employment, her upcoming goals as Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Healthcare, and more!
Stream the latest episode now! Thank you to Senator Friedman for joining us at our office for such an engaging conversation.