Healthcare Policy

 
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Founding Fly4aCure allowed me to meet with cancer researchers who are at the forefront of innovation. Speaking with them, I learned about how public policy shapes where healthcare dollars are allocated for cancer research. It made me realize that I wanted to learn more about how policy is developed and how that affects the health of our population, something I was able to explore through my work this summer in a cancer research lab at Children’s Hospital and a Congressman’s office.

U.S. House of Representatives

OFFICE of the house majority leader, Steny hoyer, d-md

50 hours

  • Worked with the staff to understand the creation of Public Policy, especially as it pertains to Cancer Research allocation

  • Attended internal office and Congressional meetings on Healthcare Policy, took minutes and summarized Energy & Commerce Committee bills, and researched Healthcare trends in Congressman Hoyer’s constituency

Strategic Consulting & Health Care Policy Development Firm

Tarplin, Downs & Young, LLC

50 hours

  • Worked with TDYLLC staff and partners to understand the role of lobbyists in the creation of government regulations regarding the insurance and pharmaceutical industries

Children’s Health Advocacy Institute

Children’s national medical center, government affairs

50 hours

  • Worked with the staff of CHAI to better understand the coherence between the hospital and D.C. government

  • took presentation notes and compiled data for a future program regarding undesignated albuterol in schools

Here are some resources I turn to learn more about healthcare policy in America: