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Author: Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

Kameron Matthews MD, JD is a board-certified family physician and currently serves as Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington DC. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and her law degree from the University of Chicago.

NMA | 2010 | Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly

Posted onAugust 1, 2010October 16, 2019AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

Drs. Kameron Matthews and Stanley Frencher delivered a session of Health Reform for the Resident and Young Physician section of the National Medical Association Annual Conference, which was held in Orlando, FL during August 2010.

CategoriesEducation & Events

The Social Mission of Medical Education

Posted onJuly 12, 2010May 23, 2015AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP2 Comments

Medical educators must train those studying to become physicians in the science of medicine. But because many medical schools fund their endeavors through research money, the social mission of medicine often gets neglected. This nation, and by extension its medical Continue Reading …

CategoriesDisparities, Medical Education, Workforce

The Dirigo Health Reforms

Posted onJune 28, 2010September 6, 2015AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP1 Comment

The Dirigo Health Reform Act of 2003 in the state of Maine was enacted to improve cost, quality, and access to care for all. Unfortunately, there appears to be little success with improving the numbers of Maine residents covered. In Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Health reform, Medicaid, Uninsured

The Truce Between Choice and Life

Posted onMay 24, 2010December 25, 2010AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

Conservatives argue that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violates the “truce” between pro-choice and pro-life. We recommend a strategy to negotiate a new, longer lasting truce. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, PL 111-148) specifies that Continue Reading …

CategoriesHealth reform, OP/notes, Women's Health

Insurance Exchanges

Posted onApril 12, 2010April 30, 2012AuthorKameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

An insurance exchange provides managed competition through the use of “sponsors” or collective purchasing agents who negotiate with insurers and offer individuals a menu of choices among different health insurance plans.

CategoriesAccess to Care, Affordable Care Act, Employer Sponsored Health Insurance (ESHI), Health reform

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