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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.
Although opposed by some firms in the health care industry, a public option would bring down families' health care costs and improve the quality of coverage—even for people who remain in private insurance.
Low-income residents in nonexpansion states face limited options for health coverage.
Health officials have also linked his political events to more than two dozen individual cases.
The Trump administration’s approach to coronavirus safety is a textbook example of what not to do.
The president has failed to deliver on his promises to “take care of everybody.”
Premature reopening of indoor dining and bars in other U.S. regions has been followed by spread of the virus.
Many people who lose their jobs during the pandemic are relying on the ACA for health insurance.
No state currently meets evidence-based thresholds for both incidence and testing.
Comprehensive coverage is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Trump administration is preventing uninsured people from signing up in a time of crisis.
Calls to scale back social distancing are reckless, dangerous, and undermine efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.
