Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH
Kyle Fischer is the fellowship director in health policy and leadership at the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine. He received a combined MD/MPH from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Drexel University.
Nurse Practitioners are not Doctors, They’re Better
In an era of physician shortages and insurance expansion, the American health system is struggling to keep pace with increasing demand from patients. Although the last decade has produced some growth in the number of American medical schools, residency programs Continue Reading …
The Doctor will see you Now (For $160)
Although the Affordable Care Act sought to expand health insurance to near universal levels, this has not occurred. In the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius, the court ruled Medicaid expansion to be optional. Subsequently, 20 Continue Reading …
King v. Burwell: Knowns and Unknowns
Nothing gets a bunch of public health, public policy, and health care economics professionals quite as excited as prediction and speculation on the upcoming Supreme Court case: King v. Burwell. At the heart of the lawsuit is whether or not Continue Reading …
“Disruption is Neither Good nor Bad”
“The ACA was a disruptive act. Disruption is neither good nor bad. It is what we make of it.” –Richard Nathan The popular media has mostly portrayed the Affordable Care Act as a piece of insurance expansion legislation, but many Continue Reading …
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
Providing universal health care in America would be easy if it were free. Sadly, that is not the case. All too often, the general public, doctors and researchers are quick to look for new drugs, devices or technologies as a Continue Reading …