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Emily R. Gee is the vice president and coordinator for Health Policy at American Progress.
In her role, she leads policy development and advocates for reforms to expand coverage, improve care, strengthen public health, and advance health equity. Her areas of expertise include health coverage and affordability, health care financing, the Affordable Care Act, and pandemic response. She has been quoted and her work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Forbes, Vox, and other publications.
Prior to joining American Progress, Gee was an economist in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and worked on implementation of the Affordable Care Act. She also served as an economist on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama White House, tracking health care coverage and reviewing regulation related to provider payments, prescription drugs, and insurance.
Gee earned her Ph.D. in economics from Boston University, where she researched health insurance markets and taught health economics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College.
By refusing to expand Medicaid, Georgia’s Republican leadership has left behind rural hospitals and uninsured Georgians.
Emily Gee and Jacob Leibenluft argue that the Trump administration's budgets and actions have repeatedly aimed to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and make deep cuts to Medicaid.
