The Health Insurance Reform Bill and Psychiatry: A “Huge Step Forward”
May 13, 2010 | Posted by Psychiatric Times | No Comments
The health insurance reform bill Congress passed and President Obama signed has a number of small, psychiatric-targeted provisions, but their significance probably pales beside the first-time insuring of somewhere above 30 million Americans—some of whom will visit psychiatrists for the first time in their lives.
Dr. Ernest Madhavan completed his undergraduate degree and post baccalaureate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He worked in academic and industry genetics research for 4 years prior to attending medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine, also in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Washington.