Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Seth Trueger, MD, MPH
Dr. Trueger is an emergency physician in Chicago whose interests include social media for health professions, payment and delivery reform, crowding, airway, and resuscitation. He is the Social Media Editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine and the popular Twitter personality known as @MDaware.
ACA 2014 Update
Drs. Seth Treuger and Matt Pirotte recorded an update on the Affordable Care Act provisions and what medical students should know. I suppose that means that doctors should know that too. Please listen.
Your Boss’ Business?
This post is adapted from MDaware.org with permission. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) seeks both to expand insurance coverage as well as to ensure that offered plans include substantive benefits, including coverage of preventative services, so that Americans have access to Continue Reading …
Back of the Envelope
Recently there have been quite few notable* “back-of-the-envelope” calculations. The included one which estimated how much expanding Medicaid would increase emergency care spending: A back-of-the-envelope calculation, using $435 as the average cost of an emergency department visit, suggests that Medicaid increases annual Continue Reading …
Medicaid Increases ER Visits
This Policy Prescriptions® review is written by Dr. Seth Trueger. He blogs at MDAware.org and can also be found via Twitter @MDAware or tweeting for Emergency Physicians Monthly @epmonthly. In 2008, Oregon had some limited funding to expand their Medicaid program. Given the limited funding, they held Continue Reading …
Will ObamaCare Flood the ER?
This guest post by emergency physician Seth Trueger reviews the evidence behind the common thought that expanding insurance under ObamaCare will lead to more visits to the ER. Originally appeared September 30, 2013 on MDAware.org. Open enrollment for the ACA Continue Reading …
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