Health Care Reform

The debate within the U.S. government about reforming the health care system centers on ways to control rising costs and assure high-quality, affordable care. RAND Health and its health care reform initiative—RAND COMPARE (Comprehensive Assessment of Reform Efforts)—provide objective research and analysis on topics that can inform the health care reform debate, including financing; increasing access, insurance coverage, and quality; decreasing costs; and promoting wellness and prevention.

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The Affordable Care Act: Four Key Policy Areas

Obama signing the ACA

With the complex process of implementing the ACA underway, RAND research is tracking the progress of implementation and assessing the potential consequences of choices facing federal and state governments, employers, families, and individuals.

Four Strategies to Contain America's Growing Health Care Spending

pills and coins

In its second term, the Obama Administration can restrain further health care spending growth—without compromising quality—by employing four broad strategies: fostering efficient and accountable providers, engaging and empowering consumers, promoting population health, and facilitating high-value innovation.

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Abby Alpert

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

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

David I. Auerbach

Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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

Peter Burge

Associate Director, Choice Modelling and Valuation, RAND Europe
M.Sc. in transport, Centre for Transport Studies, University of London; M.Eng. in civil engineering, Imperial College, University of London

Stephanie Chan

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in policy analysis, Cornell University

Andrew W. Dick

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University

Fabian Duarte

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

Christine Eibner

Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

D. Steven Fox

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.D. in internal medicine/pediatric medicine, Dartmouth College; M.Sc. in tropical medicine & public health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; M.S. in atmospheric physics, University of Washington; B.S. in physical oceanography, University of Washington

John Godges

Editor-in-Chief, RAND Review; Communications Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, Harvard University; M.J. in journalism, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University

Laural A. Hill

Survey Director
B.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Arthur L. Kellermann

Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis
M.D., Emory University; M.P.H., University of Washington; B.S. in biology, Rhodes College

Hangsheng Liu

Policy Researcher; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.S. in social medicine and health management, Fudan University; B.Med. (medical degree), Shanghai Medical University

M. Susan Marquis

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Michigan

Grant Martsolf

Associate Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in health policy and administration, Penn State University; M.P.H. in international health and development, Tulane University; B.S.E in health care management, University of Pennsylvania; B.S.N in pediatric nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Soeren Mattke

Senior Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
D.Sc. and M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health; M.D., University of Munich, Germany

Peter Mendel

Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, Stanford University

Ellen Nolte

Director, Health and Healthcare, RAND Europe
Ph.D., University of London; M.P.H., University of Bielefeld, Germany

Sarah A. Nowak

Associate Physical Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles; B.S. in physics, MIT

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