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Bipartisan Policy Center / Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

Avik Roy is a senior advisor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and the co-founder and president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. He writes on healthcare policy for the National Review Online and Forbes.

Roy formerly served as a healthcare analyst at Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Company, a boutique brokerage in New York and as a member of the Board of Policy Advisors for the Heartland Institute, a free market policy think-tank.

FROM Avik Roy

Scrambling to round up votes, House revises health bill

Scrambling to round up votes, House revises health bill Last night House Republican leaders published 21 pages of modifications to the American Health Care Act, the bill designed to replace Obamacare. This morning, President Trump was on Capitol Hill, allegedly telling Republicans if you don't vote for this I'm going to come for you. We get perspective from two guests from the Bipartisan Policy Center, one who favors replacement and the other who wants to retain Obama's Affordable Care Act with what he calls "surgical" changes. Andy Slavitt is a former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. Avik Roy is president and co-founder of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

11 MIN, 36 SEC Mar 21, 2017

Healthcare Reform: Should Obama Have Fought for Single-Payer?

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Healthcare Reform: Should Obama Have Fought for Single-Payer? The US Supreme Court opened a new session today with an unexpected challenge. The Obama Justice Department has asked that it resolve differences between lower courts on the President’s controversial healthcare reform, specifically the mandate for all Americans to buy health insurance whether they want to or not. What could that mean for next year's elections? Is a "single payer" plan providing "universal coverage" still a live issue after all?

28 MIN, 3 SEC Oct 03, 2011

The President, the US Supreme Court and Healthcare Reform

The President, the US Supreme Court and Healthcare Reform The US Supreme Court opens a new session today with an unexpected challenge. President Obama's healthcare reform requires all Americans to buy health insurance, but 26 states have sued, claiming that's unconstitutional. The federal courts are so divided that the Obama Justice Department has now asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue once and for all. That could be a major gamble for his re-election campaign, depending on whether the court takes the case, what it decides and when. With health costs and premiums rising, it also poses a lingering question: should the President have proposed a single-payer plan in the first place?

37 MIN, 50 SEC Oct 03, 2011

President Obama Addresses Entitlements

Which Way, L.A.?

President Obama Addresses Entitlements Last week the Republicans , and yesterday the President , laid out their long-term plans for reducing the deficit, defining differences that will be crucial in next year's election campaigns. But major decisions are on tap for today and tomorrow before Congress takes off for a two-week recess. We hear about Medicare, taxes, women's rights and deficit reduction.

24 MIN, 32 SEC Apr 14, 2011

Is a 'Great Debate' Finally Beginning?

Is a 'Great Debate' Finally Beginning? Last week, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan said the Republicans' plan to reduce the deficit would restructure entitlement programs and cut taxes. Yesterday, President Obama said he'd reduce the deficit by increasing taxes on the richest Americans and keeping entitlement programs as they are. But each plan carries risks for the author as well as the opposition, and both parties are struggling to maintain a united front. In the last two days before a two-week recess, is Congress setting the stage for compromise or a bloody political battle leading to next year's elections?

36 MIN, 3 SEC Apr 14, 2011

Healthcare Reform: The Policies and the Politics

Healthcare Reform: The Policies and the Politics After months of political brawling on Capitol Hill, President Obama made history last March by signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a sweeping reform of America's healthcare system. Yesterday, the first provisions went into effect, and Obama was in campaign mode, with his eye on November's elections. House Republicans have promised to repeal several portions of the reform in their " Pledge to America ." With Obama still in the White House, that's impossible, so they've taken the matter to court while they whittle away in Washington. Meantime, public distrust and confusion are so widespread that many Democrats are playing down what they once called a major achievement. We look at the new provisions. What are the benefits? What are the flaws? Do the Republicans have any better ideas?

36 MIN, 2 SEC Sep 24, 2010

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