Health Policy Lead

Anirudh Mazumder

Anirudh is a Grapevine High School (GHS) sophomore and a health policy lead at the Institute of Youth In Policy (YIP). As the Vice President of the GHS Debate team, he led the way by qualifying for state in multiple formats (TFA and UIL) in LD and Policy debate, respectively, and seeks to leverage computational problem-solving and health policy for holistically addressing patients' and environmental needs.

Additionally, Anirudh loves being involved in activities focused on enabling the potential of the communities he serves, as evidenced by his participation in Beth Van Duyne's Congressional Youth Leadership team this year. Anirudh has also published research on building controllers to soft power robots for applications such as disease detection at the IEEE URTC conference.

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Policy Briefs by the author

An Analysis of the Efficacy of Value-Based Care Health Systems

Public Health Policy

April 27, 2025

Value-based care (VBC), which pays a fixed rate per patient, deviates from healthcare’s traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model in which practitioners are paid per service (doctor visit, surgery, vaccine, etc.) they do. Given the growing prevalence of this system, this brief aims to analyze the efficacy of VBC to improve patient outcomes.

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The Evolving Role of Telehealth and Telemedicine in America’s Healthcare System

Public Health Policy

March 7, 2025

Telehealth (telemedicine) programs are often used to provide healthcare virtually, where doctors do not physically interact with patients. In the wake of the COVID pandemic, in which telehealth was the preferred mechanism for healthcare, this brief aims to analyze the efficacy of telemedicine and will examine its future in America’s healthcare system.

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President Biden’s Efforts for Women’s Health

Social Policy

August 4, 2024

With a history of broad underrepresentation in health care, women have awaited more federal efforts to increase their representation within research and clinical work. This policy brief summarizes the state of women’s health in the U.S. and President Joe Biden's current initiatives to address these disparities.

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The Polarizing Reality of Comprehensive Sexual Education

Public Health Policy

May 22, 2024

For far too long, sexual education has been a topic of debate in America, with party lines determining the education American children so desperately require. With sexual education and policy pertaining to curricula framing political agendas and covering national broadcasts, this brief will explore the pressing political polarization behind comprehensive sexual education.

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Public Perception of California's Proposition 1

Public Health Policy

April 21, 2024

Mental health-related issues and the consequences of them have been a key discussion in healthcare policy in the United States. The growing prominence of the prevalence of mental health conversations in both political debates and daily life comes as a result of a continued mental health shortcoming experienced across America. As a result, this brief conducts an in-depth analysis of the dialogues within US healthcare policy, focusing on California’s Proposition 1, which aims to address the effects of America’s mental health epidemic.

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East Palestine: One Year Later

Public Health Policy

April 3, 2024

Health-related issues as a result of mankind’s increasing pollution have been a key discussion in healthcare policy in the United States. While pollution is often a byproduct of an economically considered policy, pollution can also come as a result of unintended catastrophes, one of which occurred in East Palestine over a year ago. As a result, this brief conducts an in-depth analysis of the conversations within US healthcare policy and legislative suggestions to address the effects of the East Palestine train derailment that remain even a year after the event unfolded.

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Drug Overdose Prevention

Public Health Policy

March 1, 2024

Drug overdose prevention has been a key discussion in healthcare policy in the United States. As a result, this brief conducts an in-depth analysis of the conversations within US healthcare policy, and legislative suggestions for drug overdose prevention, which have the potential to help US citizens. Access is a large question in the context of overdose prevention, with overdoses at historical levels. As a result, one of the most important healthcare considerations in recent years is associated with drug overdose prevention policies. Thus, some policies are analyzed with their unique ability to help the United States and its citizens.

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An Evaluation of Gerrymandering in the US

Social Policy

January 24, 2024

This brief delves into the intricacies of the Gerrymanding policies in the United States, particularly what they mean. The brief also explains the far-reaching implications of the policies and how they have evolved across the board.

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Preserving Privacy in Healthcare: Policy Actions for a Secure Future

Public Health Policy

December 23, 2023

This brief will cover the current state of privacy protection of health data in the United States and current policy considerations to further this. Some key pieces of our analysis are analyzing historical subjects within the field of public health privacy and an in-depth overview of the current actions the federal government is taking and their pitfalls, so we can inspect legislation that could potentially solve these pressing problems.

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Race-Based Admissions: As It Happened

Social Policy

August 26, 2023

This brief delves into the intricacies of the current Affirmative Action Supreme Court Cases. It evaluates the legal battles of Harvard and UNC and how the Court decided on the fate of race in college admissions. The brief also explains the far-reaching implications of the ruling and how the future of college admissions will change.

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An Evaluation of Education Policy in Florida

Social Policy

November 21, 2023

This brief delves into the intricacies of the current education policies being introduced in Florida. It evaluates the policies and what they mean. The brief also explains the far-reaching implications of the policies and how education will change for people across the board.

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Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Holistic Evaluation

Social Policy

August 3, 2023

AI has grown from a concept to a full-blown field, proving to develop the most in computer science. AI learning is the ability to solve more and more complex scenarios. Recently, we have seen Generative AI like Chat-GPT come into question in education. Students are using AI for good and bad uses, which has brought concern to educators on how they can effectively manage AI in education. This brief evaluates the relatively new role of AI in education and what policies can address questions and concerns in education.

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