Lucy Marcil: Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms
Люси Марсил: Почему врачи в своих приёмных предлагают бесплатный расчёт налогов
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?
врач расспрашивал о сексе?
your doctor ask you about money?
врач расспрашивал о финансах?
compared to most high-income countries,
с большинством состоятельных стран
in the United States.
stress hormone levels
повышению уровня гормонов стресса
times more likely to die
умирают в полтора
and I started asking moms about money.
стала спрашивать мам о финансах.
what a doctor's visit looks like,
по-другому вести приём,
at a healthy life.
to a surprising solution:
к необычному решению:
tax credit, or EITC,
за заработанный доход, НЗЗД,
we have in the US.
рецептом от бедности.
thousand dollars a year from it.
от двух до трёх тысяч долларов.
moms and babies are healthier:
мам и новорождённых намного лучше:
who could get it doesn't,
получает данную льготу,
lose of hundreds of dollars
tax-preparation industry.
занимающимся расчётом налогов.
why we couldn't do her taxes
почему мы не можем заняться её налогами,
Why not make good use of that time?
Почему бы не провести это время с пользой?
tax preparation in clinics serving kids.
расчётом налогов в детских клиниках.
questioning our sanity.
под вопрос нашу вменяемость.
а не бухгалтеры.
see a doctor at least once a year.
раз в год приходят на приём к врачу.
to give them a better life.
чтобы улучшить жизнь своих детей.
could be doing this work, too --
в каждой клинике по всей стране.
места проведения расчёта налогов,
as a tax-preparation site,
students to retirees,
и до пенсионеров, могут быть волонтёрами
after passing an IRS exam.
налоговом управлении.
I would be doing other people's taxes,
буду заниматься чужими налогами,
вот уже почти три года.
1.6 million dollars
1,6 миллиона долларов
to nine sites in four states.
до девяти американских штатов.
have never heard of the EITC.
you haven't heard of?
free tax preparation.
к бесплатной помощи в расчёте налогов.
for a mom and two young kids
питание для мамы и двух детей
can eat for five to six months.
питаться от пяти до шести месяцев.
lack access to care
отсутствует доступ к медобслуживанию,
педиатрическим стандартам.
is only 400 dollars per kid per year.
в 400 долларов на ребёнка в год.
this access problem.
for her son to study abroad in Spain.
чтобы её сын поехал на обучение в Испанию.
аренды за квартиру,
as his shot at a better future.
как на лучшее будущее для сына.
the causes of poor health,
причинами плохого здоровья:
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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