OP/notes – Page 18 – Policy Prescriptions

All Things Health Care [Anecdotes]

Posted onNovember 14, 2012June 18, 2015AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

This post originally appears on the All Things Health Care blog by Loan Nguyen Pryor. Used with permission. President Obama will be our Commander in Chief for four more years! This means that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here Continue Reading …

How do we Solve a Problem like Health Care Reform?

Posted onOctober 29, 2012July 30, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

“Everyone can agree on the goal of health care reform: ensuring affordable access to high-quality care for all Americans. The question is how.” Can you guess which Presidential candidate made this statement? You might be surprised to find out that Continue Reading …

[Anecdotes] Thoughts on the Presidential Debate

Posted onOctober 13, 2012June 18, 2015AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

After one week, the country is still abuzz about the performance of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the first presidential debate. With the focus on domestic policy, this debate was billed as a 90-minute forum to highlight the stark Continue Reading …

Reforming Medicaid

Posted onSeptember 4, 2012June 18, 2015AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Many health policy minds have tried to infuse a “What about Medicaid?” attitude into the intense discussion over reforming the nation’s health entitlement for seniors (Medicare). Yet, to much dismay, there is not a lot of public discourse over reforming Continue Reading …

Drying the DSHs

Posted onAugust 20, 2012September 18, 2016AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP5 Comments

I was asked an interesting question last week when giving a presentation to Baylor College of Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Residency program. As a program housed in a public hospital that sees a lot of uncompensated care, places such as Ben Taub Continue Reading …