OP/notes – Page 2 – Policy Prescriptions

Expand Medicaid or Get out of the Way

Posted onJuly 28, 2018July 26, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Download and share our brief on expanding Medicaid in the states that have yet to do so and join the quest to close the Medicaid Gap in Utah, Idaho, and Nebraska.

Policy Brief: Gun Violence

Posted onJuly 4, 2018July 8, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Download our Gun Violence brief & learn about 3 policies that you can support right now that will save lives.

A Policy Prescription for 2018

Posted onJanuary 1, 2018January 2, 2018AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

The controversy over health care reform often boils down to two issues: coverage and cost. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made significant impact on the coverage issue, dropping the uninsured rate below 10% for the first time in the recorded Continue Reading …

“Un buen comienzo es la mitad del trabajo realizado”

Posted onDecember 23, 2017December 21, 2017AuthorOrlando Sola, MD, MPH

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 …

At The Precipice

Posted onJuly 27, 2017September 27, 2017AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

We stand at a defining point for health care in America. What is our next best step? Overwhelmingly, people believe that fixing the Affordable Care Act is the better way to proceed when compared with repealing and replacing a law Continue Reading …