Please watchthe Video titled: What Makes Us Sick |By Rishi Manchanda

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

Rishi Mandanda is a doctor in South Central Los Angeles. His pitch in this TED talk is that in order to effectively treat patients, it is vital to get to the source of the problem of what is making them ill. In many cases, these are "upstream" factors or social determinants of health. Please watch the full video.

1. Do you agree or disagree with his argument?
2. Can such a way of thinking be implemented throughout our healthcare system in the US?
3. Support your opinion with credible outside sources (which means make sure to do some more research on your own to answer this question).