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How Will Eliminating the Individual Mandate Affect Health Coverage and Premium Costs?

The individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) requires that most Americans either obtain health coverage or pay an annual fine. How much will overturning the individual mandate affect costs and coverage?

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Joie Acosta

Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D., University of Hawai'i

David M. Adamson

Senior Communications Analyst
Ph.D. in English and Rhetoric, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in English, Yale University

Emma Aguila

Director, Center for Latin American Social Policy; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.Sc. in economics, University College London; B.A. in economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Hamad Al-Ibrahim

Research Project Manager
M.D., Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Abby Alpert

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; B.S. in mathematics and economics, University of Chicago

Ruopeng An

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate (M.Phil.) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P in public policy, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); B.A. in political science and public administration, Peking University

Marco Angrisani

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.S. in economics, University College London; B.A. in political economy, University of Siena

Nermine Anis

Project Management Consultant
B.A. in business administration, Helwan University; Diploma in corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University

C. Ross Anthony

Leader, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Director, RAND Palestine Initiative
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, M.A. in economic history, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in history, Williams College

Eric Apaydin

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy/admin/analysis, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. in biology, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in physiology and neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

Rae W. Archibald

Senior Consultant; Vice-President (retired)
Ph.D. in city and regional planning, University of California, Berkeley

Mark V. Arena

Senior Physical Scientist

Jeremy Arkes

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin

Steven M. Asch

Adjunct Policy Analyst
M.D., University of California, San Diego; M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in biology, Yale University

David I. Auerbach

Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.S. in environmental science & policy, MIT; M.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in chemistry, MIT

Lynsay Ayer

Associate Behavioral & Social Scientist
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of Vermont; B.A. in psychology, Cornell University

Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in global health and population, Harvard University School of Public Health; B.S. in biochemistry, Suffolk University

Anil Bamezai

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in public policy, administration, and analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in science, technology and values, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.Tech. in naval architecture, Indian Institute of Technology

Sebastian Bauhoff

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.Sc. in economics with economic history, London School of Economics

Kirsten Becker

Survey Director
M.S. in international health, Harvard University; B.A. in health and society, Brown University

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