Kevin Grumbach is an American physician, academic and advocate for single-payer health insurance. He is the Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Grumbach is an outspoken supporter of universal health care, specifically in the framework of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all system.[7] He advocates increased focus and funding for primary care and preventative medicine, especially in underrepresented inner-city and rural areas. Grumbach was involved in creating some of the primary care provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Publications

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  • Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Understanding health policy: A clinical approach. McGraw Hill-Lange, 4th edition, 2004.
  • K. Grumbach. Fighting hand to hand over physician workforce policy. Health Affairs. Issue: 5. 21: 13–27, 2002.
  • Grumbach, T. Bodenheimer. A primary care home for Americans: Putting the house in order. Journal of the American Medical Association. Issue: 7. 288: 889–893, 2002.
  • Saba GW, Wong ST, Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Somkin CP, Wilson CC, Grumbach K. Shared decision making and the experience of partnership in primary care. Annals of Family Medicine. 4: 54–62, 2006.
  • Grumbach K, Chen E. Effectiveness of University of California postbaccalaureate premedical programs in increasing medical school matriculation for minority and disadvantaged students. Journal of the American Medical Association. 296: 1079–85, 2006.
  • Grumbach K, Mold JW. A health care cooperative extension service: transforming primary care and community health. Journal of the American Medical Association. 24: 2589–91, 2009.
  • Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K, Berenson RA. A lifeline for primary care. New England Journal of Medicine. 360: 2693–6, 2009.

Sources

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  1. ^ Hall, Carl T. (2004-06-06). "Taking the High Road / S.F. General's head of family medicine works toward a day when treatment will be fair for all, not just the privileged few "I will never give up being hopeful that one day we will have a health care system I can say I'm proud of as". Carl T. Hall. SFGate. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  2. ^ Olen, Helaine (1991-07-03). "Doctor Supply Grows Faster Than Patients Boom could boost U.S. medical bills by $40 billion, but experts say health care will also improve". Los Angeles Times. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  3. ^ "INTERVIEW: DR. KEVIN GRUMBACH DISCUSSES AN OVERSUPPLY OF DOCTORS AND FACILITIES IN THE US TO TREAT PREMATURE AND SICK BABIES (668 words)". All Things Considered. May 16, 2002. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  4. ^ DOUGLAS P. SHUIT (1994-07-10). "Single-Payer Plan for Health Care Sparks Furor Coverage: Estimates on the costs differ widely. The big question is: Are people ready to surrender private insurance cards for a state-run system?". Los Angeles Times. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  5. ^ "Physicians assistants, nurses, family docs more likely to care for underserved". Health & Medicine Week. August 18, 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Fewer California Doctors Accepting HMO Patients". San Jose Mercury News. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. December 4, 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  7. ^ a b Evangelista, Andy (December 2004). "Interview: Kevin Grumbach: Single Minded for Single Payer". UCSF Magazine. Pub.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
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