Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Laura Medford-Davis, MD, MS
Dr. Medford-Davis is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine and works as a health care consultant. Dr. Medford-Davis earned her undergraduate degrees in Spanish and Psychology at the University of Oklahoma and her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She trained in emergency medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Masters of Science in Health Policy and Research.
Obamacare: Cheaper and Better than Health Insurance pre-ACA
Despite scary media headlines about rising health insurance costs due to the (ACA), this study found that 3 in 4 self-employed adults ages 18-64 paid less after-tax on the ACA Marketplaces in 2014 than they paid in 2012. Before the Continue Reading …
The Dynamics of Health Insurance Post-ACA
We know that the number of uninsured in the United States has decreased significantly (by 16.9 million) since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but how are people moving between different types of insurance coverage? Despite intense focus on Medicaid expansion Continue Reading …
Less is More: HIE Prevents Repeat Tests
Health Information Exchange (HIE) lets doctors see all of their patients’ records online, no matter where patients choose to go for care. If a patient has a doctor they really like in one hospital, but wants their labs drawn and Continue Reading …
Looking to Massachusetts for Answers
in 2006 served as a model for the (ACA), and many policy experts are closely following the state to estimate what we can expect with the ACA. One important question to policymakers and the public is whether the ACA will Continue Reading …
States opt for lower smoking fees
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allows insurance companies to charge smokers up to 50% higher premiums than nonsmokers. However, this study found that most insurance companies are charging much less than the 50% maximum surcharge allowed. All states included in Continue Reading …