David Velasquez
Cognoscenti contributor
David Velasquez is an internal medicine resident physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Recently published
Medical debt relief isn’t just about policy. It’s about people
After David Velasquez’s father had a heart attack, he received medical bills for $126,000 — four times his annual income. Unfortunately, his experience was far from unique, writes Velasquez. Every...
How the MBTA could help Mass. combat the opioid epidemic
Access to naloxone can be the difference between life and death. Making the drug more widely available in T stations would save lives.
Mass. Should Expand Medicaid To Undocumented Immigrants
It would cost Massachusetts roughly $129 million a year to expand Medicaid to undocumented adults over the age of 50, writes David Velasquez. It's the smart -- and right --...
We Can Boost Low Vaccination Rates The Same Way We Raise Voter Turnout
We use traditional get-out-the-vote tactics to vaccinate people in the hardest-hit communities: text messaging, phone banking and door-knocking, write David Velasquez and Alister Martin.