Jonathan Gruber
What's next for healthcare reform
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About Jonathan Gruber
Health economist Jonathan Gruber leads the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also a long time Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jonathan’s expansive body of work cuts across finance, policy, and health care reform rooted in scientific research. As a technical consultant to the Obama Administration, Jonathan helped to craft the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Prior to that, from 2003-2006, Jonathan was a key architect of Massachusetts’ health reform effort. In 2006, Jonathan received the American Society of Health Economists Inaugural Medal for the best health economist in the nation aged 40 and under. Jonathan has been repeatedly rated as one of the top 100 most powerful people in health care in the United States by Modern Healthcare Magazine.
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Health Systems Architect Jonathan Gruber provides a detailed and emotional perspective evaluating the implications of health insurance on economic mobility and preventative care. As the premier architect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he offers a detailed account of risk, cost, and economic efficiency in our approach to health insurance.
In his TEDMED Talk, Jonathan highlights that critical components of the Affordable Care Act: “non-discrimination regulations, an individual mandate, and low income subsidies” were also the basis of Massachusetts’ first-in-the nation universal health care coverage plan. Drawing insights from his first hand experience designing healthcare to fit our times, Jon shares his thoughts on the road ahead in his TEDMED 2020 Talk, “What's next for healthcare reform.”