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What Americans agree on when it comes to health

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Rebecca Onie |

TED Salon: Optum

• July 2018

We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

We may not be as deeply divided as we think -- at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research that shows how, even across economic, political and racial divides, Americans agree on what they need to live good lives -- and asks both health care providers and patients to focus on what makes us healthy, not what makes us angry.

This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with Optum. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Learn more about Health Initiative, a nationwide effort to spur a new conversation about — and new investments in — health in the United States.

About the speaker

Rebecca Onie

Health innovator

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Rebecca Onie is a nationally recognized leader in the intersection of social determinants, population health and health care delivery

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This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with Optum. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TED Salons.

Learn more about Health Initiative, a nationwide effort to spur a new conversation about — and new investments in — health in the United States.