Walker has had many notable achievements during his career with NABIP. Here is a sampling.
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1. Georgia Access-ln 2019 Walker met then Secretary of State for Georgia, Brian Kemp as he was campaigning to become Georgia’s next Governor. Knowing that Health Care and Medicaid expansion would be an important issue in the election. Mychal positioned the thought, provided information and resources needed to inform the soon to be Governor about the 1332 Wavier and reinsurance program as a vehicle and a tool to utilize, in combatting the uninsured issue in Georgia. The result is, the Governor applied for a 1332 Wavier and a reinsurance program, onFebruary 15, 2023, the Georgia Insurance Commissioner informed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services that Georgia is going to create its own State based Exchange. The added benefit is that Walker was able to negotiate that Independent Agents and Brokers, NABIP Georgia Chapter members will be in partnership with Georgia Access to help deliver the access to health care in Georgia.
2. OnMed– Walker developed a relationship with the CEO of a company that focuses on delivering access to health care to the uninsured and particularly, the uninsured in rural America.
OnMed is a medical station that may be in a municipal building, on the campus of a university or anywhere that has protection from the element. It is the ultimate in telemedicine. An uninsured can go into the station have a medical check up just as if they were in a doctor’s office. The system will even dispense prescription medication. Mychal was successful in facilitating a relation between OnMed and his alma mater, Auburn University. The system is in the city of Lafayette, Alabama (pop. 3,000) in a county with a population of 34,772 and a travel distance of 30 to 45 minutes to a physician’s office. The system has the logo of Auburn University on it and the medical students of Auburn can get hands on training seeing patients.
3. Tuskegee University is housing a unit on its campus with a county population of 18,000. Their logo wrapped system is generating $34,000 per month in fees.
These are just a few examples of Walker’s leadership that encapsulates his Bold, Innovative and Visionary approach to addressing issues that relates to the financing of Healthcare and making it more accessible to those that do not have access to Healthcare.
