Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Matthew Stampfl
Matthew Stampfl is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine.
Evidence for the Quadruple Aim
Concerns that physician burnout threatens the Triple Aim lead to a fourth aim. Continue Reading …
Coverage Matters
Here’s a quick history lesson: employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States is a legacy of the tight job market during World War II where companies relied on fringe benefits to attract workers. Once established, that tradition has endured and, Continue Reading …
Medication with Counseling to Stop Smoking
If asked to name the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, you could probably guess the answer. After decades of public health campaigns, nearly everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. But it still kills nearly Continue Reading …
The ACA Marketplaces are Working
The roll out of Healthcare.gov stands out as an early stumble for the Affordable Care Act. Meant to be the access point for the ACA’s health insurance Marketplaces, the website was beset with technical glitches when it first went live Continue Reading …
Obamacare’s Impact on the Safety Net
Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) are a legacy of America’s failure to ensure universal health care. Though EMTALA requires all hospitals to assess and stabilize patients regardless of ability to pay, SNHs provide a vital function by going beyond that minimum standard Continue Reading …
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