Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Farah Kudrath, MD, MPH
Dr. Kudrath received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and her Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston’s School of Public Health.
Happy Accident Lowers Healthcare Costs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased emphasis on quality reporting for doctors and hospitals in an effort to improve care and, hopefully, improve health outcomes for patients. Whether or not this will be accomplished is yet to be seen. However, Continue Reading …

Coverage that Doesn’t Cover It
As a medical student living in Texas, two things are very familiar to me: having uninsured family members and being solicited by said family members for medical advice. A few weeks ago, a relative approached me at a family BBQ Continue Reading …

Is non-expansion a death sentence?
The journey to health care reform has surely been a long one, but for all of the twists and turns, the road to the may culminate in an unanticipated dead-end. Now that we have established health insurance exchanges and expanded Continue Reading …