David Velasquez
@davidvelasquez.bsky.social
Resident physician | fighting to make systems work for everyone | alum @USC @HarvardMed @HarvardBiz @HarvardKennedy | #firstgen ✌🏽
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Me: https://shorturl.at/Vbj4y
My family: https://shorturl.at/ukJo4
Our story: https://shorturl.at/kiZPD
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In a recent perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Figueroa and his co-author, @davidvelasquez.bsky.social, propose three potential strategies to help deliver health care to older undocumented people.
Learn more at @nejm.org:
Learn more at @nejm.org:
The Plight of “Dual Noneligible” People in the United States | NEJM
Policy solutions are needed to cover adequate health care for the approximately 1.1
million older, low-income adults in the United States who are undocumented immigrants.
www.nejm.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In a recent perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Figueroa and his co-author, @davidvelasquez.bsky.social, propose three potential strategies to help deliver health care to older undocumented people.
Learn more at @nejm.org:
Learn more at @nejm.org:
Our recs include increasing funding for community health centers, revamping financial assistance policies, and creating Medicaid-like programs.
In a nation built on the labor and contributions of immigrants, every older adult in America deserves the chance to live a dignified and healthy life.
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In a nation built on the labor and contributions of immigrants, every older adult in America deserves the chance to live a dignified and healthy life.
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January 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Our recs include increasing funding for community health centers, revamping financial assistance policies, and creating Medicaid-like programs.
In a nation built on the labor and contributions of immigrants, every older adult in America deserves the chance to live a dignified and healthy life.
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In a nation built on the labor and contributions of immigrants, every older adult in America deserves the chance to live a dignified and healthy life.
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Yet, they can’t access most health care services—because they are undocumented.
In @nejm.org, we shed light on the challenges faced by aging undocumented people and propose steps to ensure health care access for all older adults, regardless of their background.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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In @nejm.org, we shed light on the challenges faced by aging undocumented people and propose steps to ensure health care access for all older adults, regardless of their background.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The Plight of “Dual Noneligible” People in the United States | NEJM
Policy solutions are needed to cover adequate health care for the approximately 1.1 million older, low-income adults in the United States who are undocumented immigrants.
www.nejm.org
January 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yet, they can’t access most health care services—because they are undocumented.
In @nejm.org, we shed light on the challenges faced by aging undocumented people and propose steps to ensure health care access for all older adults, regardless of their background.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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In @nejm.org, we shed light on the challenges faced by aging undocumented people and propose steps to ensure health care access for all older adults, regardless of their background.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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As a former low-income student, I challenge medical schools to hold themselves accountable and take meaningful action.
This is important not only for students like me, but, more importantly, for the patients we serve.
journals.lww.com/academicmedi...
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This is important not only for students like me, but, more importantly, for the patients we serve.
journals.lww.com/academicmedi...
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Efforts in Undergraduate Medical Education to Improve... : Academic Medicine
d retention of students from low-SES backgrounds. In this research report, the authors investigate existing efforts in undergraduate medical education to improve SES diversity.
Method
The authors a...
journals.lww.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
As a former low-income student, I challenge medical schools to hold themselves accountable and take meaningful action.
This is important not only for students like me, but, more importantly, for the patients we serve.
journals.lww.com/academicmedi...
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This is important not only for students like me, but, more importantly, for the patients we serve.
journals.lww.com/academicmedi...
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In our paper, we propose actionable steps for medical schools across the U.S. to ensure their student bodies better reflect the socioeconomic diversity of the nation.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
In our paper, we propose actionable steps for medical schools across the U.S. to ensure their student bodies better reflect the socioeconomic diversity of the nation.
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Only 16% of schools have mentorship programs for low-income students, and 24% report offering support/affinity groups for them.
While most schools provide some financial assistance, the extent of support & debt burden remain unclear.
Data shows the average medical graduate has $200K in loans.
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While most schools provide some financial assistance, the extent of support & debt burden remain unclear.
Data shows the average medical graduate has $200K in loans.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Only 16% of schools have mentorship programs for low-income students, and 24% report offering support/affinity groups for them.
While most schools provide some financial assistance, the extent of support & debt burden remain unclear.
Data shows the average medical graduate has $200K in loans.
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While most schools provide some financial assistance, the extent of support & debt burden remain unclear.
Data shows the average medical graduate has $200K in loans.
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Only 8% of med schools report data on the % or # of low-income med students--a critical 1st step for accountability and improving representation.
You cannot improve what you do not measure.
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You cannot improve what you do not measure.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Only 8% of med schools report data on the % or # of low-income med students--a critical 1st step for accountability and improving representation.
You cannot improve what you do not measure.
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You cannot improve what you do not measure.
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In our new paper in Academic Medicine, we (three current/former first-gen, low-income med students) ask: what are med schools doing to address this problem?
Unfortunately, the answer is disappointing: very little.
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Unfortunately, the answer is disappointing: very little.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
In our new paper in Academic Medicine, we (three current/former first-gen, low-income med students) ask: what are med schools doing to address this problem?
Unfortunately, the answer is disappointing: very little.
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Unfortunately, the answer is disappointing: very little.
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The patient, a young man who had come off the ventilator the night before, cracked a soft smile.
"He's smiling!" I said with boyish excitement. "He's smiling!"
My patient may never know this, but his smile was exactly what I needed.
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"He's smiling!" I said with boyish excitement. "He's smiling!"
My patient may never know this, but his smile was exactly what I needed.
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December 1, 2024 at 10:45 PM
The patient, a young man who had come off the ventilator the night before, cracked a soft smile.
"He's smiling!" I said with boyish excitement. "He's smiling!"
My patient may never know this, but his smile was exactly what I needed.
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"He's smiling!" I said with boyish excitement. "He's smiling!"
My patient may never know this, but his smile was exactly what I needed.
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