Lucy Marcil: Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms
Lucy Marcil: Doktorlar bekleme odalarında neden ücretsiz vergi hazırlığı sunuyor
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?
cinsiyetinizle ilgili sorular soruldu?
your doctor ask you about money?
maddi durumunuzu sordu?
compared to most high-income countries,
yüksek çoğu ülkeyle kıyaslandığında
in the United States.
oldukça yaygındır.
stress hormone levels
yükseltebilecek koşullar yaratır
times more likely to die
Amerika'daki fakir çocukların
iki kat fazladır.
and I started asking moms about money.
gelirleri hakkında soru sormaya başladık.
onlara sağlıklı bir yaşam verebilmek için
what a doctor's visit looks like,
at a healthy life.
gerektiğini biliyorduk.
to a surprising solution:
yönlendirdi:
tax credit, or EITC,
veya EITC,
we have in the US.
en iyi yoksulluk reçetesi.
thousand dollars a year from it.
iki veya üç bin dolar alıyor.
moms and babies are healthier:
anneler ve bebekler daha sağlıklı,
kilolarda oluyor.
who could get it doesn't,
için durum öyle değil
lose of hundreds of dollars
vergi hazırlama sektörüne
tax-preparation industry.
why we couldn't do her taxes
Why not make good use of that time?
Neden o boş zamanı iyi kullanmayalım?
tax preparation in clinics serving kids.
kuruluş olan StreetCred'e başladık.
questioning our sanity.
biraz sorguluyordu.
bir şey var:
see a doctor at least once a year.
en az yılda bir defa doktora gidiyor.
to give them a better life.
her şeyi yaparlar.
could be doing this work, too --
her doktor bunu yapabilir--
kısmı ve tıp öğrencilerinden
as a tax-preparation site,
students to retirees,
sınavından geçtikten sonra
after passing an IRS exam.
gönüllü olabilir.
I would be doing other people's taxes,
yapacağımı hiç düşünmemiştim,
1.6 million dollars
yedi yüz elli aileye
to nine sites in four states.
siteye yayıldık.
have never heard of the EITC.
vergi iadesini hiç duymamış.
you haven't heard of?
talep edebilirsiniz?
free tax preparation.
kullanmamıştı.
for a mom and two young kids
besleyici, düşük maliyetli beslenme
can eat for five to six months.
o aile beş veya altı ay beslenebilir.
lack access to care
modern pediatri standartlarını karşılayan
is only 400 dollars per kid per year.
çocuk başına yılda sadece dört yüz dolar.
this access problem.
çözmeye yardımcı olabilir.
for her son to study abroad in Spain.
İspanya'da okuması için kullandı.
as his shot at a better future.
parasında gördü.
sağlık sorunlarının altında yatan
the causes of poor health,
ya da mali durum gibi --
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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