Joseph Sakran: Confronting Gun Violence

Howie and Harlan are joined by Joseph Sakran, whose career as a trauma surgeon and advocate grew out of his own experience with gun violence. Harlan discusses his new study enumerating the vast scale of excess deaths among Black Americans; Howie reports on improvements in the insurance rate, nearly a decade after the Affordable Care Act went into effect.  Links: Harlan Krumholz: “Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020” “Shot in the neck at 17, this is the trauma surgeon now leading doctors against gun violence and the NRA” Written Testimony of Joseph Sakran—U.S. House Judiciary Committee, February 6, 2019 “Doctors See the Wreckage of Gun Violence Every Day. We've Had Enough” “In 2019, Congress Pledged Millions to Study Gun Violence. The Results Are Nearly Here.” “U.S. gun deaths disproportionately high” “The State of U.S. Health Insurance in 2022” Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at Yale SOM. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.