Expertise: Health care
Emily R. Gee is a senior fellow and the senior economist for Health Policy at American Progress.
In her role, she guides policy development and advocates for reforms to expand coverage and improve care. Her areas of expertise include health coverage and affordability, health care financing, and the Affordable Care Act. 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, she 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. Gee 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 doctorate 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.
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| Census Data Show Historic Investments in Social Safety Net Alleviated Poverty in 2020 | Center for American Progress | September 14, 2021 |
| Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap Would Save 7,000 Lives Each Year | Center for American Progress | September 10, 2021 |
| The Medicaid Coverage Gap Requires Permanent Closure | Center for American Progress | September 3, 2021 |
| Biden Admin Should Expand Its Health Care Vaccine Requirement | Newsweek | August 30, 2021 |
| Estimates of Uninsured Adults in the Medicaid Coverage Gap by Congressional District | Center for American Progress | August 25, 2021 |
| Fact Sheet: How Nonprofit Hospitals Can Best Support Their Communities | Center for American Progress | August 19, 2021 |
| How Nonprofit Hospitals Can Support Communities and Advance Public Health | Center for American Progress | August 19, 2021 |
| Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers as a Condition for Medicare and Medicaid Participation | Center for American Progress | August 6, 2021 |
| FORMER BIDEN HEALTH ADVISOR: We’re running out of time. American businesses should start requiring vaccinations for their workers. | Business Insider | August 3, 2021 |
| H.R. 3 Could Save Patients Thousands of Dollars on Prescription Drugs | Center for American Progress | July 20, 2021 |
| Employers Can Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts | Center for American Progress | May 10, 2021 |
| Policies To Improve Health Insurance Coverage as America Recovers From COVID-19 | Center for American Progress | March 11, 2021 |
| Health Care Providers in Georgia’s Low-Income Communities Need Financial Relief | Center for American Progress | December 15, 2020 |
| A Communications Strategy to End the COVID-19 Pandemic | Center for American Progress | December 14, 2020 |
| 4 Myths About the Public Option | Center for American Progress | November 20, 2020 |
| The Pandemic and Economic Crisis Are Wake-Up Call for State Medicaid Expansion | Center for American Progress | November 9, 2020 |
| Trump Rallies Are Often Followed by Increases in Local COVID-19 Cases | Center for American Progress | October 26, 2020 |
| The White House Coronavirus Cluster Is a Result of the Trump Administration’s Policies | Center for American Progress | October 16, 2020 |
| Less Coverage and Higher Costs: The Trump’s Administration’s Health Care Legacy | Center for American Progress | September 25, 2020 |
| The ACA Marketplaces Are Poised To Weather COVID-19 | Center for American Progress | August 21, 2020 |
| A New Strategy To Contain the Coronavirus | Center for American Progress | August 6, 2020 |
| The Health Care Repeal Lawsuit Could Strip Coverage from 23 Million Americans | Center for American Progress | June 24, 2020 |
| Thresholds States Must Meet To Control Coronavirus Spread and Safely Reopen | Center for American Progress | May 4, 2020 |
| How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment | Center for American Progress | April 16, 2020 |
| Social Distancing To Fight Coronavirus: A Strategy That Is Working and Must Continue | Center for American Progress | March 25, 2020 |
| 10 Ways the ACA Has Improved Health Care in the Past Decade | Center for American Progress | March 23, 2020 |
| Affordable Care Act Repeal by State | Center for American Progress | March 2, 2020 |
| How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Access to Health Care | Center for American Progress | February 24, 2020 |
| Court Ruling Against ACA Hurts Patients and Destabilizes Health Insurance Markets | Center for American Progress | December 19, 2019 |
| House Bill Could Lower Patients’ Prescription Drug Spending by Thousands of Dollars | Center for American Progress | December 9, 2019 |
| Trump’s Plan To Privatize Medicare | Center for American Progress | October 11, 2019 |
| Number of Americans With Preexisting Conditions by District for the 116th Congress | Center for American Progress | October 2, 2019 |
| Rural Hospital Closures Reduce Access to Emergency Care | Center for American Progress | September 9, 2019 |
| If the ACA Is Repealed Under Texas v. Azar, Millions Will Lose Health Insurance Coverage | Center for American Progress | July 9, 2019 |
| The High Price of Hospital Care | Center for American Progress | June 26, 2019 |
| Excess Administrative Costs Burden the U.S. Health Care System | Center for American Progress | April 8, 2019 |
| Conservatives Are Using the Courts to Attack Health Care for All Americans | Center for American Progress | December 20, 2018 |
| Provider Consolidation Drives Up Health Care Costs | Center for American Progress | December 5, 2018 |
| Estimated Increases in 2019 Premiums by Congressional District Due to ACA Sabotage | Center for American Progress | July 24, 2018 |
| Marketplaces Prove Stable Despite Trump’s Attempts to Sabotage Enrollment | Center for American Progress | February 15, 2018 |
| Estimates of the Increase in Uninsured by Congressional District Under the Senate GOP Tax Bill | Center for American Progress | December 5, 2017 |
| The Senate Tax Bill Threatens Access to Health Care | Center for American Progress | November 16, 2017 |
| Interactive: Low-Cost Options for 2018 Coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplaces | Center for American Progress | November 9, 2017 |
| Health Insurance Marketplaces Offer More Low-Cost Options than Ever Before | Center for American Progress | November 1, 2017 |
| Projected 2018 Marketplace Enrollment in the Absence of ACA Sabotage | Center for American Progress | October 30, 2017 |
| Coverage Losses by State Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill to Repeal the ACA | Center for American Progress | September 20, 2017 |
| Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill Would Cause Huge Premium Increases for People with Pre-Existing Conditions | Center for American Progress | September 18, 2017 |
| The Trump Premium Tax Will Increase Premiums Up to $2,500 Next Year | Center for American Progress | August 16, 2017 |
| The Senate’s Skinny ACA Repeal Shell Game | Center for American Progress | July 26, 2017 |
| Skinny Repeal Bill Would Raise Average Premiums by $1,238 and Increase Uninsured | Center for American Progress | July 25, 2017 |
| Estimated Premium Increases from Repeal and Delay | Center for American Progress | July 18, 2017 |
| Senate Repeal Bill Will Increase Average Costs for Exchange Enrollees by $2,294 | Center for American Progress | June 27, 2017 |
| Coverage Losses by State for the Senate Health Care Repeal Bill | Center for American Progress | June 27, 2017 |
| Coverage Losses Under the Senate Health Care Bill Could Result in 18,100 to 27,700 Additional Deaths in 2026 | Center for American Progress | June 22, 2017 |
| Senate’s Opioid Fund Cannot Substitute for Health Coverage | Center for American Progress | June 20, 2017 |
| Senate Health Care Bill Could Drive Up Coverage Costs for Maternity Care and Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment | Center for American Progress | June 20, 2017 |
| State-by-State Estimates of the AHCA’s 2018 Rate Hikes and Age Tax | Center for American Progress | June 15, 2017 |
| The Emerging Senate Repeal Bill Eviscerates Protections for Millions in Employer Plans Nationwide | Center for American Progress | June 15, 2017 |
| Senate Repeal Bill Would Still Eviscerate Coverage and Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions | Center for American Progress | June 9, 2017 |
| The State Effects of the Medicaid Cuts Being Discussed in the Senate | Center for American Progress | May 26, 2017 |
| CBO-Derived Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District | Center for American Progress | May 25, 2017 |
| The Upton Amendment to the ACA Repeal Bill Will Have Almost No Effect | Center for American Progress | May 3, 2017 |
| House Health Care Plan Is Not Enough to Keep High-Risk Pools Afloat | Center for American Progress | May 2, 2017 |
| The Trump Uncertainty Rate Hike | Center for American Progress | April 26, 2017 |
| Premium Increases for Pre-Existing Conditions Under Latest ACA Repeal Plan, by State | Center for American Progress | April 21, 2017 |
| Latest ACA Repeal Plan Would Explode Premiums for People with Pre-Existing Conditions | Center for American Progress | April 20, 2017 |
| Number of Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions by Congressional District | Center for American Progress | April 5, 2017 |
| President Trump says he wants a bipartisan deal on health care. Here’s one. | The Washington Post | April 3, 2017 |
| Older Americans Would Pay $8,510 More for Care Despite Promised Reserve Fund | Center for American Progress | March 22, 2017 |
| Coverage Losses Under the ACA Repeal Bill for Congressional Districts in All States | Center for American Progress | March 21, 2017 |
| Coverage Losses by Congressional District Under the House ACA Repeal Bill | Center for American Progress | March 17, 2017 |
| The Impact of the House ACA Repeal Bill on Enrollees’ Costs | Center for American Progress | March 16, 2017 |
| Analysis: GOP plan to cost Obamacare enrollees $1,542 more a year | Vox | March 7, 2017 |
| Republicans are tweaking their ACA replacement proposals. The new plans will still hurt enrollees. | Vox | March 3, 2017 |
