<span itemprop="author">Caitlin Ryus, MD, MPH

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Emergency departments need to claim their role in the social safety net

A patient once told me, “I sit on the side of the road asking for change. People look right through me like I’m invisible. Food stamps aren’t enough. I can’t afford to exist and I want to die.” A man is dying of poverty — this is an emergency, bu…