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Lawson Mansell

Columbia, Washington, D.C.
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healthcare policy @niskanencenter | former: @milkeninstitute, south carolina think tanker, SC-01 staffer | pittsburgh sports | @usmnt apologist

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Policy Content Manager, Palmetto Promise Institute

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Testimony: Licensed Physicians from Mexico Program and California Physician Expansion Act

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By Lawson Mansell
| The Science of Politics
Good morning, and thank you, Chair Wahab, Vice Chair Choi, and members of the committee, for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Lawson Mansell and I am a senior health policy analyst at the Niskanen Center, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, DC. My colleagues and I have been providing expert technical assistance to legislators across the country working on licensing pathways for internationally trained doctors. I am here to testify in support of Assembly Bill 2386.
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More doctors where they're needed: Reforming Medicare's GME formula

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By Lawson Mansell
| The Science of Politics
At more than $21 billion annually, Medicare’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments are the federal government’s single largest investment in physician training, but the nearly 40-year-old formula for determining payments has not been meaningfully adjusted to address the growing mismatch between where doctors are needed and where they practice.
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California's physician shortage demands practical solutions. AB 2386 is one of them.

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By Lawson Mansell
| The Science of Politics
This article originally appeared in “The Orange County Register” on June 6, 2026. Nearly 15 million Californians live in communities with too few primary care doctors. In many communities, patients face long waits for appointments, struggle to find a physician accepting new patients, or must travel significant distances for routine care.
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