Iyah Romm
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Iyah Romm is a medical student at Boston University. He has an undergraduate degree from Brandeis University where he studied biology and health policy. Iyah is the Immediate-Past Chair of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)'s Health Care for All Steering Committee, and a student leader of Physicians for a National Health Program. He has professional experience in both public- and private-sector health policy and administration, including the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Iyah is a founding Editor of ReformsKool, AMSA's weekly health care reform digest, in addition to authoring numerous articles and policy papers. He has worked on topics of medical and undergraduate education, culturally appropriate care, end-of-life care, health care financing, community-based education, humanitarian response, and post-disaster recovery.

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Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis

Posted November 23, 2010 | 21:07:35 (EST)

This letter is in response to "Will The Health Overhaul Improve American Health Care? An Open Letter to Medical Students" by U.S. Senators John Barrasso, MD (R-WY), and Tom Coburn, MD (R-OK)

Dear Senator Barrasso and Senator Coburn,

As physicians-in-training, we appreciate your effort to provide insight...

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Lessons from Massachusetts Health Care Reform

Posted December 4, 2009 | 16:08:28 (EST)

As Massachusetts physicians-in-training, we've had a sneak preview of the future of health care in the United States. Across the country health policy-makers are looking to our state as a model. As in Massachusetts, the U.S. Senate and House bills preserve the role of private health insurers, while subsidizing coverage...

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