Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Orlando Sola, MD, MPH
Orlando Sola is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center. He trained at the Institute for Family Health/Mount Sinai Hospital. He obtained his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Impact of Immigrants is Positive
The effect immigrant communities have, as recipients versus contributors, to social services in the United States is a topic commonly used as a political foil. Recent literature shows that the economic impact of immigrants is positive, acting as net contributors Continue Reading …
Blunt Tools not the Best Policy Instruments
How do high deductible health plans (HDHP) affect our health care system? Since 2004, HDHP’s have increased in popularity, especially amongst employers and government entities looking to provide coverage to workers. Low premium and high deductible plans are designed to Continue Reading …
The Intolerable Side Effect of Access to Care
Debates around health reform are often viewed through a political lens. Assessing the outcome of the ACA is no different. If the central goal of health reform is to increase access to care, there can be little debate as to Continue Reading …
“Un buen comienzo es la mitad del trabajo realizado”
I witnessed a crisis like none other seen in the United States. Destruction of houses, loss of electricity, closure of schools and government facilities. Hospitals flooded, inability to perform emergent surgeries, and a collapse of the primary care system. These Continue Reading …
Americans Struggle with Costs and Access
Since 1998, the Commonwealth Fund has surveyed several health care metrics in eleven countries across North America, Europe, and Australia. Recent surveys have shown the United States lagging in indicators relating to access and perceptions of costs. Understanding the measures Continue Reading …
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