Author: Rachel Solnick

Rachel Solnick Rachel Solnick (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

Baylor College of Medicine

Rachel is a Class of 2015 medical student at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.




Legislative Scope of Practice: Patients Lose When We Let Politicians Play Doctor

Published by Rachel Solnick

Author’s note: This article was originally published on TexasMedicine. In Texas, as in all other states, a person who is unable to make his or her own medical decisions has the right to an advance directive (AD) for restricting medical treatment; that is, unless that person is pregnant. If a woman is pregnant in Texas, she loses her right to an AD; that is true regardless of the stage of her pregnancy and without regard for …

Halbig v. Sebelius: The Case that Threatens that ACA’s Survival You Probably Haven’t Heard About

Published by Rachel Solnick

As an income-less medical student, I would be one of the now 7.1 million people who have signed up for Obamacare for this year. Except I live in Texas, one of nearly half of all states that elected to not expand Medicaid. At the same time, I don’t have enough of an income to qualify for federal subsidies, making insurance from the Marketplace unaffordable. As such, the individual mandate — the part of the law that …

Rachel Solnick Rachel Solnick (2 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

Baylor College of Medicine

Rachel is a Class of 2015 medical student at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.