Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s surgeon general, talks with Joyce Pollard of Chesterfield at The Daily Planet in Richmond, where staff helped her sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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U.S. surgeon general checks health, pulse of Richmond
The surgeon general of the United States learned Tuesday that affording health care is as much of a struggle as maintaining good health for some Richmond residents. Dr. Vivek Murthy, who at 37 is one of the youngest surgeon generals in the nation’s history and the first of Indian- American descent, met with community leaders, health care workers and residents in Richmond at The Daily Planet, a health center on West Grace Street that serves the homeless and low-income people and families.
