2018 goal—fix health care Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordJanuary 5, 2018ACA, access, insurance, policy, public health, uninsured
Uwe Reinhardt's NYT obit: clear, condensed health policy sense. academia, Health Care Policy, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordNovember 17, 2017obituary, policy, politics
Must Watch: Xeni Jardin and having cancer before the ACA Health Care Policy, InsuranceMelissa CrawfordFebruary 28, 2017ACA, cancer, insurance, policy, population health
Insurers Can Reduce Drug Prices, If Policymakers Let Them... Health Care Policy, Insurance, Law, pharmaMelissa CrawfordJuly 18, 2016access, drugs, insurance, policy
United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps | JAMA | JAMA Network academia, Health Care Policy, Insurance, LawMelissa CrawfordJuly 13, 2016ACA, access, advocate, health care, hospitals, policy
Policy heavy. Palliative & curative & doing the right thing. Futility, Geriatrics, Health Care Policy, palliativeMelissa CrawfordJune 29, 2016Amy Berman, Atul Gawande, bedside nursing, death, Medicare, policy
Finding primary care. New insurance makes finding a doc a challenge. Old provider makes transfer of medical record impossible. Read More Health Care Policy, Health Care Providers, Insurance, Patient careMelissa CrawfordJune 16, 2016insurance, narrative, policy, system fail, technology
From the E.R. to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients’ Wages - ProPublica Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordDecember 21, 2014ACA, access, advocate, costs, dispairity, health systems, hospitals, insurance, policy, uninsured
Between Two Lives - Features - Fall 2014 - Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine Health Care Policy, Law, PoliticsMelissa CrawfordNovember 13, 2014access, epidemiology, health care, immigration, policy, politics, public health
Panic, Paranoia, and Public Health — The AIDS Epidemic's Lessons for Ebola — NEJM Health Care Policy, Law, PoliticsMelissa CrawfordNovember 11, 2014ebola, epidemiology, health care, health systems, history, MERS, mistakes were made, policy, politics, public health, quarantine, virus
I want to kiss the lawyer who defends this case. Health Care Policy, Law, PoliticsMelissa CrawfordNovember 7, 2014ACA, access, court, federal case, health care, insurance, law, policy, politics
A father’s scars: For Va.’s Creigh Deeds, tragedy brings unending questions - The Washington Post Health Care Policy, PoliticsMelissa CrawfordNovember 5, 2014access, epidemiology, health care, history, mental health, policy, politics, preventative health, public health
Mississippi, Burned - Sarah Varney - POLITICO Magazine Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordOctober 29, 2014ACA, access, epidemiology, health care, health systems, hospitals, policy, politics, public health, rural, uninsured
Falling into the gap. Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordOctober 29, 2014ACA, access, health care, health systems, healthcare, hospitals, mistakes were made, policy
Breaking ACA data!! Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordOctober 25, 2014ACA, access, health care, MD, policy, politics, public health, state-run exchanges, uninsured, VA healthcare community, WA
Where Is the Surgeon General? — NEJM Health Care Policy, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordOctober 23, 2014health care, policy, politics, public health
RAM: Remote Area Medicine Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordOctober 22, 2014access, dental, healthcare, Medicaid, policy, RAM, rural, uninsured, VA healthcare community, Wise County Fairgrounds