2024 Lauren LeRoy Health Policy Lecture - Dr. Ashish Jha

Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health and Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University delivered the 2024 Lauren LeRoy Health Policy Lecture at the GIH Health Policy Exchange!

He spoke about his long career in public health, his work on COVID-19, and his thoughts on the current policy landscape.

On the outlook for the ACA, Medicaid, and Medicare during the next administration, Dr. Jha said, “We still have 10 states who haven’t expanded Medicaid. I don’t know that we’ll see much more expansion. What’s going to happen on the Medicaid side is that they are going to put in work requirements … on the Medicare side of things is that we have gone to 55 percent Medicare Advantage—Medicare Advantage has taken over Medicare. The Biden administration has tried to put some brakes on that, but my bet is that the brakes come off. We’ll be at 70 – 75 percent after four years.”