Exchange Politics: Opposing Obamacare in Battleground States.
Monday, November 13, 2017
1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
L301, 72 East Concord Street
Boston
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Exchange Politics tells the story of how states decided to implement a key component of the Affordable Care Act. Health insurance exchanges were expected to attract bipartisan support, yet 34 states rejected an exchange and gave control to the federal government. Why? Jones chronicles the mobilization of the Tea Party at the state level to block an exchange and the intense battles involving governors, legislators, and powerful interest groups. He shows how personalities and arcane differences in procedure affected policy. The outcome of this decision shapes the politics of health reform in the Trump era.
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David K. Jones, Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health
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David K. Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University’s School of Public Health. He is Editor-in-Chief of
www.PublicHealthPost.org, an online forum for public health policy launched in November 2016. David earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Health Services, Organizations, and Policy. He holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Political Science from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) from the University of North Carolina, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from McGill University. His research examines the politics of health reform and the social determinants of health. His book forthcoming with Oxford University Press focuses on how states made decisions around what type of health insurance exchange to establish as part of the Affordable Care Act’s implementation. He is working on a new book using Photovoice to examine the social determinants of health in the Mississippi Delta, re-tracing Robert Kennedy’s steps in the region. He also studies Medicaid, CHIP, and health reform in France. He has been cited in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal among other places. He testified before the Michigan Legislature’s House Health Policy Committee during their consideration of a health insurance exchange. He has been awarded AUPHA’s John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators, AcademyHealth’s Outstanding Dissertation Award, and the BU School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to graduate school he interned in the Idaho Legislature, the Canadian House of Commons, and Congressman Charlie Rangel’s district office in Harlem, NY. David is originally from New York City where he worked as a pretzel vendor at Yankee Stadium.
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