Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
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
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.
The Social Mission of Medical Education
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 …
The Dirigo Health Reforms
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 …
The Truce Between Choice and Life
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 …
Insurance Exchanges
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.
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