Lucy Marcil: Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms
Lucy Marcil: Remplir sa déclaration d'impôts dans la salle d'attente du médecin
Lucy Marcil is providing fiscal services to low-income families in the doctor’s waiting room. Full bio
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your doctor ask you about sex?
parlé de sexe avec leur médecin ?
your doctor ask you about money?
parlé d'argent avec leur médecin ?
compared to most high-income countries,
de la plupart des pays à hauts revenus,
in the United States.
répandue aux États-Unis.
stress hormone levels
augmenter le niveau de l'hormone du stress
times more likely to die
et demie plus de mourir,
and I started asking moms about money.
le Dr Michael Hole,
les questions pécuniaires avec les mères.
what a doctor's visit looks like,
réinventer la visite chez le médecin
at a healthy life.
une vie en bonne santé.
to a surprising solution:
à une solution surprenante :
tax credit, or EITC,
ou EITC aux États-Unis,
we have in the US.
contre la pauvreté dans notre pays.
thousand dollars a year from it.
entre deux et trois mille dollars par an.
moms and babies are healthier:
les enfants sont en meilleure santé,
who could get it doesn't,
ne le reçoit pas,
lose of hundreds of dollars
perdent des centaines de dollars
tax-preparation industry.
des conseillers fiscaux.
why we couldn't do her taxes
d'impôts pendant qu'elle attendait.
Why not make good use of that time?
pourquoi ne pas utiliser ce temps ?
tax preparation in clinics serving kids.
dans les hôpitaux pour enfants.
questioning our sanity.
sur notre santé mentale.
médecins, pas comptables.
que n'ont pas les comptables :
see a doctor at least once a year.
un médecin au moins une fois par an.
to give them a better life.
une vie meilleure.
could be doing this work, too --
pourraient faire la même chose…
as a tax-preparation site,
d'aide à la déclaration,
students to retirees,
en médecine ou retraité,
after passing an IRS exam.
avoir passé un examen du fisc.
que ça en a l'air, je vous assure.
la déclaration de quelqu'un d'autre,
I would be doing other people's taxes,
1.6 million dollars
on a récupéré 1,6 million de dollars
to nine sites in four states.
neuf sites dans quatre États.
have never heard of the EITC.
entendu parler de ce crédit d'impôt.
you haven't heard of?
dont vous n'avez jamais entendu parler ?
free tax preparation.
aidée à remplir la déclaration.
servent à beaucoup de choses.
for a mom and two young kids
pour une mère et deux jeunes enfants,
can eat for five to six months.
peut manger pendant cinq à six mois.
lack access to care
n'ont pas accès à des soins
pédiatriques modernes.
is only 400 dollars per kid per year.
que de 400 dollars par enfant par an.
this access problem.
ce problème d'accès.
for her son to study abroad in Spain.
à son fils d'étudier en Espagne.
as his shot at a better future.
à son fils l'espoir d'un avenir meilleur.
the causes of poor health,
les causes d'une mauvaise santé,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lucy Marcil - Pediatrician, social entrepreneurLucy Marcil is providing fiscal services to low-income families in the doctor’s waiting room.
Why you should listen
Lucy Marcil, MD MPH, creates innovative solutions buffering kids from the adversity they face growing up with economic stress and poverty. As a pediatrician, she cares for children at Boston Medical Center. She co-founded StreetCred, a nonprofit addressing the health impact of financial stress by providing fiscal services to low-income families in the the doctor’s waiting room. StreetCred increases access to critical anti-poverty tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit by integrating tax preparation services into pediatric clinics; it has returned over $3.2 million to 1700 clients at 9 sites in 4 states since its inception in 2016. StreetCred is now bundling tax services with enrollment in other economic mobility services to create greater financial stability.
Internationally, Dr. Marcil has undertaken pediatric health-systems strengthening. As a HIV/AIDS & Community Health Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia, she leveraged public-private partnerships to create a comprehensive orphan care program and girls’ leadership camps. In Bangladesh, she identified community engagement methods to build maternal-child healthcare systems in urban slums. In Kenya, she consulted for Jacaranda Health to transform newborn care systems.
For her work, Dr. Marcil has been recognized with the American Academy of Pediatrics Anne E. Dyson Child Advocacy Award and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Quinn Prize, and has been named a Café 100, Davidson College Game Changer and 2018 TED Fellow.
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