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2018 goal—fix health care

Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordJanuary 5, 2018ACA, access, insurance, policy, public health, uninsured

Fee-for-service quick and dirty

Fee-for-service quick and dirty

Health Care Policy, InsuranceMelissa CrawfordDecember 15, 2017fee-for-service, history, managed care, time makes fools of us all, video

Why out-of-control costs matter

Why out-of-control costs matter

Health Care Policy, personalMelissa CrawfordDecember 12, 2017bills, cancer, complexity, health care costs, medical bills, public health, Survivorship

VIDEO W/ DOG on Nurse Practitioners

VIDEO W/ DOG on Nurse Practitioners

Health Care Policy, Health Care Providers, Patient careMelissa CrawfordDecember 8, 2017APRN, NP, nurse practitioner, PA, paper, Physician Assistant, primary care, video

CVS-AETNA merger (I told you so, mom)

CVS-AETNA merger (I told you so, mom)

Health Care Policy, Insurance, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordDecember 4, 2017Aetna, corporate health care, CVS, insurers, merger, Upshot

Uwe Reinhardt's NYT obit: clear, condensed health policy sense.

academia, Health Care Policy, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordNovember 17, 2017obituary, policy, politics

Why gun violence research has been shut down for 20 years - The Washington Post

Health Care Policy, public health, researchMelissa CrawfordOctober 11, 2017health policy, politics

No more free birth control, says President

No more free birth control, says President

Health Care Policy, Politics, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordOctober 7, 2017birth control, health policy, politics, women

Friendly neighborhood sick person weighs in on health care debate.

Friendly neighborhood sick person weighs in on health care debate.

Health Care Policy, personal, Uncategorized, Universal Health CareMelissa CrawfordJuly 21, 2017ACA, AHCA, chronic illness, insurance, lupus, politics

A few words mustered on AHCA

A few words mustered on AHCA

cancer, Health Care Policy, Insurance, Law, PoliticsMelissa CrawfordMay 5, 2017AHCA, personal, pre-existing conditions

Trauma story

Trauma story

academia, Health Care Policy, History, psychologyMelissa CrawfordApril 17, 2017

Last week in health care

Last week in health care

Health Care Policy, Law, public health, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordMarch 12, 2017ACA, AHCA, children, government, politics, Washington

Must Watch: Xeni Jardin and having cancer before the ACA

Must Watch: Xeni Jardin and having cancer before the ACA

Health Care Policy, InsuranceMelissa CrawfordFebruary 28, 2017ACA, cancer, insurance, policy, population health

Medicaid block grant HC Triage and a quiz.

Medicaid block grant HC Triage and a quiz.

Health Care Policy, Politics, public healthMelissa CrawfordFebruary 21, 2017ACA, block grants, government, Healthcare Triage, Medicaid

EXPLAINER: How Would Republican Plans for Medicaid Block Grants Actually Work? And what's my problem?

EXPLAINER: How Would Republican Plans for Medicaid Block Grants Actually Work? And what's my problem?

Health Care Policy, Politics, public healthMelissa CrawfordFebruary 17, 2017block grants, health dispairity, Medicaid

I got Obamacare

I got Obamacare

Health Care Policy, Insurance, personal, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordFebruary 11, 2017ACA, insurance, obamacare, pre-existing conditions

Cancer is expensive and price transparency is a little bit helpful.

Cancer is expensive and price transparency is a little bit helpful.

Health Care Policy, research, transparencyMelissa CrawfordFebruary 4, 2017ACA, cancer, costs, imaging

Thank you for marching. Love, Me.

Thank you for marching. Love, Me.

Health Care Policy, History, Media, personal writing, public healthMelissa CrawfordJanuary 23, 2017government, personal, politics, writing

Virginia Gov: Health Commissioner gives standing orders for residents to receive opioid reversal drug

Virginia Gov: Health Commissioner gives standing orders for residents to receive opioid reversal drug

Health emergency, standing orders for Virginian's to get naloxone from pharmacy! (But please not in glass ampoules)

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordNovember 28, 2016government, opioid crisis, politics, public health, standing orders, virginia

Zika Virus Update from Dr. Fauci

Zika Virus Update from Dr. Fauci

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, infectious disease, Politics, researchMelissa CrawfordAugust 11, 2016fauci, NIH, vaccines, zika