CHIR Welcomes Three New Faculty Members

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CHIR Welcomes Three New Faculty Members


We are happy to welcome three new college members to our staff: Research Professor Linda Blumberg, Senior Research Fellow Karen Davenport, and Assistant Research Professor Vrudhi Raimugia.

Linda Blumberg, Research Professor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Blumberg is an skilled on non-public medical insurance, well being care financing, and well being system reform. She has carried out a wide range of analyses on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and different federal reforms, together with methods to cowl the remaining uninsured and multiyear quantitative and qualitative monitoring of the ACA’s affect. She additionally led quantitative estimates for a research laying the muse for constructing a roadmap to common protection in Massachusetts.

Previously, Dr. Blumberg served as a well being coverage advisor to the Clinton administration, working proactively with White House officers in addition to members of Congress. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and likewise serves as an Institute Fellow on the Urban Institute.

Karen Davenport, Senior Research Fellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a Senior Research Fellow, Karen analyzes state and federal medical insurance market reform, creating white papers, weblog posts, and different sources. Throughout her profession, she has formed coverage and program improvement in well being protection and entry, long-term companies and helps, and fee and supply system reform by means of analysis, advocacy, philanthropy, and policymaking.

Prior to becoming a member of CHIR, Karen served as a Vice President on the Lewin Group, Director of Health Policy on the National Women’s Law Center, and a Senior Program Officer on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She holds levels from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and Whitman College.

Vrudhi Raimugia, Assistant Research Professor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vrudhi Raimugia is an Assistant Research Professor at CHIR. Her present analysis includes state-level regulation of personal insurance coverage with a concentrate on medical debt and medical insurance fee evaluation.

Previously, Vrudhi labored as a regulation clerk at a data-driven healthcare options firm, conducting analysis on telehealth and well being care suppliers. She has additionally labored in company regulation, mental property regulation, privateness and information switch regulation, and household regulation. Vrudhi acquired her LL.M. from The George Washington University School of Law and her LL.B. from the University of Mumbai, India. She can be a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India.

 

We are thrilled to welcome the latest members of the CHIR staff!

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