Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Mammography, but at what age?
In November, major news networks, ethicists, medical professionals, and the public alike were buzzing with surprise in response to newly released recommendations by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) regarding screening mammography for the prevention of breast cancer. Continue Reading …
Why we can’t wait until 2014
This study analyzes data from the RAND Corporation’s Health and Retirement Study conducted from years 1992 through 2006. The authors sought to compare their data with the claims of other researchers which estimated that anywhere from between 50-62 percent of Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2010
A Health Reform Odyssey Many would say that the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States was predicated on one major factor – the faltering American economy. Accounting for one-sixth of this massive economy (roughly Continue Reading …
2009 Year in Review
To open the year in 2009, Policy Prescriptions suggested a New Year’s Resolution for then President-elect Barack Obama: focus on making meaningful change to the health care system for all Americans, people who were depending on the President-elect’s courage to Continue Reading …
Doctors March for Health Reform 2010 (Washington, DC)
Dr. Stanley Frencher helped to organize the Doctors March for Health Reform. He spoke before a gathered crowd of physicians, Congressional Representatives, and Senators including Senator Charles E. Schumer for whom he once interned. Watch the Press Conference below.
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