Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Uninsured
What increases access?
Although the Affordable Care Act will grant Medicaid to nearly 17 million new enrollees, new research suggests that supply-side reforms are needed to ensure adequate access to health care for both public and private paying patients. The Patient Protection and Continue Reading …
Undocumented: Uninsured & Ignored
Undocumented immigrants account for 1 out of every 7 uninsured people in the United States. Simply ignoring them will not make the issue disappear. As of March 2010, there were an estimated 11.2 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Continue Reading …
Let Him Die!
The CNN/Tea Party Republican debate (September 12, 2011) provided a chilling vision of health care in a world of rugged individualism and unbridled liberty. The moderator, Wolf Blitzer, posed a hypothetical question to Ron Paul, the only physician among the Continue Reading …
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
A randomized clinical trial in Oregon provided health insurance to some low-income residents and not others. Results from the trial demonstrate better access to care, improved health, and reduced financial stressors. The state of in 2008 to select a fraction Continue Reading …
Living up to Lady Liberty’s Creed
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” — The Statue of Liberty Two major political Continue Reading …
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