Op-Ed: California needs clinical data to see the most vulnerable
Jarrod McNaughton | Jun 10, 2022 | California
5 Things California: CHCF report, Health data, Medi-Cal food benefit
Eli Kirshbaum | Feb 3, 2022 | California
5 Things Texas: Aging Texas Plan, STAR+PLUS, Texas conference
Eli Kirshbaum | Dec 16, 2021 | Texas
Op-Ed: California can’t leave our children behind on missing medical care
Claudia Williams, Kristen Golden Testa | Oct 25, 2021 | California
The kids are not all right. The more dangerous Delta COVID variant is far from the only health crisis our children are facing. Reports are showing that children are struggling with mental health, food insecurity, and obesity and backsliding on routine vaccinations. In California, we likely don’t know today the
Op-ed: PhRMA on Colorado's prescription drug importation program
Nick McGee | Feb 10, 2021 | Colorado
Nick McGee is a Senior Director of Public Affairs at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). In this op-ed, he explains PhRMA's position on Colorado's efforts to import prescription drugs from Canada. Public polling shows that addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and bringing the economy back were
Op-ed: There’s only one true solution to end surprise medical billing
Dr. Camille Samujh | Dec 16, 2019 | Washington
Dr. Camille Samujh is a practicing physician anesthesiologist in the Western Washington area. She completed her anesthesia residency training in New York City and also holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington. She wrote the following op-ed on policy solutions to end surprise medical billing.
Op-ed: Achieving savings and safety for vulnerable patients
Jackie Boschok | Nov 20, 2019 | Washington
Jackie Boschok is the president of the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans. Boschok wrote the following op-ed on access, cost, safety, and a provision of S. 1895 (the Lower Health Care Costs Act) which impacts the nongovernmental organization U.S. Pharmacopeia. This past spring, Washington passed a law to establish
Take a number: Would long wait times in US healthcare be acceptable?
Joshua W. Axene | May 30, 2019
Joshua W. Axene, FSA, FCA, MAAA, is a Partner and Consulting Actuary with Axene Health Partners, LLC. Axene wrote the following article on Medicare For All. With all the talk of Medicare For All in the media, I started to think about American healthcare culture as we see it today