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Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America

From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
Length: 50:00

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Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on expansion of health services including preventive care and cancer screenings for over three million patients as well as a growing online program. Marianne O'Hare has this weeks healthcare headlines and FactCheck.org's Lori Robertson looks at claims from the Romney Campaign about rising health care costs due to the Affordable Care Act. Mark looks at Unite For Sight - which has provided eye care to 1.4 million people around the globe. Read the full description.

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Cecile Richards
Mark and Margaret speak with Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America who discusses the role of Planned Parenthood in creating access to basic health care for millions of Americans. Ms. Richards describes the transformation of the organizataion's outreach via social media and the internet to reach communities across the country, as well as the numerous legal challenges to their work at both the state and federal level.

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Cecile Richards
Mark and Margaret speak with Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America who discusses the role of Planned Parenthood in creating access to basic health care for millions of Americans. Ms. Richards describes the transformation of the organizataion's outreach via social media and the internet to reach communities across the country, as well as the numerous legal challenges to their work at both the state and federal level.