Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Baylor MEERM 628
Health Policy Journal Club brings students together with multi-specialty faculty and members of health care teams across Houston to discuss recent evidence from the field of health services research. The studies selected for discussion always have implications for the practice of medicine and are useful for learning about various aspects of the American health care system.
Paying the Price of a Fractured System
To lower health care costs in the United States, we must address prices Continue Reading …

The Deadly Politics of Public Health
Partisanship, not public health, has lead the charge against coronavirus. We discuss the deadly politics of public health in this PolicyRx review. Continue Reading …

“Do You Feel in Charge?”
No one cared what public health was until we asked everyone to wear the mask. Continue Reading …

Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work
Medicaid work requirements have considerably worsened and increased administrative hurdles in order for individuals to maintain coverage Continue Reading …

Medicaid Expansion Forestalls Homelessness
The connection between housing and health has never been more apparent Continue Reading …