Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP is Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions®. A graduate of Morehouse College, Dr. Dark earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He holds a master’s degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He completed his residency training at George Washington University where he served as Chief Resident. Currently, Dr. Dark is an Assistant Professor in the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dark is the 2017 recipient of the Texas Medical Association’s C. Frank Webber Award, a 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians Choosing Wisely Champion, one of emergency medicine’s Top 45 Under 45, and on Elemental’s List of 50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic. He currently is on the Board of Directors for Doctors for America and is the Medical Editor-in-Chief for the monthly publication ACEP Now. Dr. Dark’s policy experience includes work for the United States House of Representatives, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Joe Biden Campaign. Among his policy interests include the study of health reform at the intersection with international health systems on which he has spoken on this topic nationwide. Dr. Dark’s media experience includes print, radio, and television – including outlets such as NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and BBC World News.Why pay more?
The United States spends more on physician services than other countries. New research suggests that consumers pay a premium for US physicians. So are US doctors the Coca-Cola and Louis Vuitton of the health care world? Why does health care Continue Reading …
Another peculiar institution
Tobacco cultivation dates back to Native American society, yet it did not become an American cash crop until a strong labor force arrived on slave ships in 1619. Tobacco remains a legal recreational drug despite evidence of its harms. Continue Reading …
Beyond the Individual Mandate
There are of using an individual mandate for health insurance as a policy lever to promote universal health care in the United States. From a pure policy standpoint, the argument FOR is simple. In order to get rid of “free Continue Reading …
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
A randomized clinical trial in Oregon provided health insurance to some low-income residents and not others. Results from the trial demonstrate better access to care, improved health, and reduced financial stressors. The state of in 2008 to select a fraction Continue Reading …
Lighting It Up
This Fourth of July, light up a firecracker and not a cigarette. Cigarettes kill. But removing these dangerous products – or at least a common flavor that makes them more acceptable – seems far from likely. Tobacco products are responsible Continue Reading …
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