Early Experience with the ACA: Coverage Gains, Pooling of Risk, and Medicaid Expansion

Linda J Blumberg¹, John Holahan¹

• ¹Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D., is a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute where she has conducted extensive work related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She received her Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI). John Holahan, Ph.D., is an Institute Fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute where he previously served as center director for more than 30 years. Much of his work centers on Medicaid and Medicare reform, coverage, costs, and the economic impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Dr. Holahan received his Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) and a Ph.D. from Georgetown University (Washington, DC).