Newswise — Dr. John Ayanian, director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the Alice Hamilton Professor of Internal Medicine and professor of public health and public policy, is a longtime researcher on how access to health insurance affects individuals' access to health care, the quality of care they receive and their health outcomes.Contact: 734-764-2220, [email protected]
Thomas Buchmueller, professor of business economics, public policy, and risk management and insurance, is a health economist whose research focuses on the economics of health insurance and related public policy issues. His recent work has examined the relationship between employer-sponsored insurance and labor market outcomes, interactions between the public sector and private insurance markets, and consumer demand for health insurance. Contact: 734-764-5933, [email protected]
Dr. A. Mark Fendrick, professor of internal medicine and health management and policy, and director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design. He can discuss how healthcare is figuring in this election, and the ways to consider not just the cost, but the value, of screening and treatment options in federal insurance programs, as well as how these represent areas of opportunity for progress.Contact: 734-647-9688, [email protected]
Richard Hirth, professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health can discuss the economics of health insurance, health care costs and payment system design.Contact: 734-936-1306, [email protected]
Peter Jacobson, professor of health law and policy and director for the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health at the School of Public Health, can address the legal aspects of dismantling the Affordable Care Act, a key issue for many of the candidates.Contact: 734-936-0928, [email protected] Limited availability until 7/25.
Helen Levy, research associate professor in the Institute for Social Research, School of Public Policy and School of Public Health, can discuss the causes and consequences of lacking health insurance and the role of health literacy in explaining disparities in health outcomes. Her research includes evaluation of public health insurance programs.Contact: 734 936-4506, [email protected]
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