David Velasquez

@davidevelasqu

MD/MPP/MBA Student | health policy & equity | writing for a purpose | fighting to make systems work for marginalized people l ‘17 ✌🏽

Boston, MA
Joined December 2017
Born 07 August
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    Jan 27

    Very few low-income students pursue a career in medicine. Why? Because it's expensive and they have few mentors in medicine. But there's another reason: their desire to financially provide for their families before it's too late. My story in :

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    For years, researchers have been sounding the alarm on the risks of using Google Translate in the doctor's office — a fallback that's especially common in low-resource facilities. Now they're aiming to make something better, and safer.

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 17

    New in We found Medicare Advantage patients whose primary care providers bear 2-sided financial risk use less hospital & emergency care (esp avoidable care) than those in fee-for-service or upside-only risk See 🧵below for more! 🙏🏽 to + coauthors

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  4. Mar 16

    Everyone — regardless of race, gender, SES, etc. — deserves access to health insurance. Extending ACA subsidies and closing the Medicaid coverage gap would be one large step towards ensuring this right.

    With 28 million Americans still uninsured, and I discuss how Biden's proposals to extend private insurance subsidies and close the Medicaid covere gap would impact this-- and why Congress should support these provisions, too.
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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    Thank you for allowing , , and I to spotlight how key health insurance affordability provisions of Biden's health care agenda would impact our patients and *must* be part of the "New Normal" going forward.

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    Mar 16

    Great presentation from to kick off forum on broadband access & telehealth equity, discussing the gaps in access, ability, and comfort that we need to address to provide care at the place & time that work for our patients. cc

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    Today is the last day of my class, HPM 505, "Health Care Delivery Reform in the US." It's such a meaningful experience for me to learn from talented students at every year. I wanted to share my wrap up slides and overall themes from the class. /1

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    Mar 1

    Cut the cost of prescription drugs? Yes please! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Signed, an ER doc whose patients too often can’t afford their meds

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  9. Retweeted
    Feb 24

    Waking up to news of war in Ukraine is heartbreaking, knowing that there will be refugees and so much death, destruction and trauma that will reverberate for generations. Thinking too of all lives already lost, cut short & impacted because of wars across the world. A heavy heart.

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  10. Feb 23

    As match day approaches, I’d love to hear from med students/physicians who debated between a residency in emergency medicine versus internal medicine (especially if you have extra-clinical interests!). Which one did you choose and why? Was it the right choice?

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  11. Feb 22

    Grateful to be an inaugural recipient of the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship along with some inspiring classmates 🙏🏽 The work continues.

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  12. Feb 21

    Heartbreaking. A true legend in the field of medicine, public health, and human rights.

    : Dr Paul Farmer, a renowned American physician and co-founder of Partners in Health , has died aged 62. Farmer was a receipt of the National Order of Outstanding Friendship (Igihango), which he was conferred upon by President in August 2019.
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  13. Feb 15

    Special thank you to for helping us push this over the finish line!

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  14. Feb 12

    Fee-for-service, the U.S. healthcare system's main way of paying for medical care, has been dubbed "a terrible way to pay for healthcare." Might that also be true when we pay for social services? We (+) discuss in here:

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  15. Feb 8

    Leaders like my fellow friend/classmate are going to change the face of politics in Texas. 🇺🇸

    The Texas I know is Black, brown, & young. The Texas I know is worth fighting for. Read my op-ed on why there's never been a more urgent moment for Democrats to organize and fight for transformative change in the state. via
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  16. Feb 7

    What's great about business school is meeting people who have quite literally traveled the world What's not so great is realizing that your own family and friends haven't had the resources to travel outside their state

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  17. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    Unequivocally in support of our United Against Racism work and my colleagues across working to improve health equity.

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  18. Feb 3

    ... live, develop long-term relationships (e.g., help them obtain vital documents!), and help them obtain permanent housing using existing platforms With that, we hope health care providers can better address the needs of one of our most vulnerable populations. 3/3

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  19. Feb 3

    In short, we propose a two-pronged approach: 1) leverage hospital-based housing navigators to connect patients to appropriate discharge housing services and community case managers/housing navigators 2) leverage outpatient housing navigators to meet patients where they... 2/3

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  20. Feb 3

    Our team (, , Katie Koh, Brendan Eappen, Sajen Plevyak) who worked on an initiative to improve health care delivery for people experiencing homelessness published a new framework for coordinating care for this population 1/3

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    Feb 2

    As many as 15 million people could be kicked off of Medicaid when the public health emergency ends. Not knowing when, exactly, that will be is complicating states' efforts to prevent people from falling through the cracks. My latest:

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