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Avik Roy

Disciplines:
healthcare
conservation/conservatism
politics/policy
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Summary

American healthcare policy analyst — founder of FREOPP (Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity) — former healthcare advisor to Romney, Perry, and Rubio campaigns — the leading conservative healthcare reform analyst.

Core Contribution

Creates the conservative universal healthcare coverage argument — Roy's argument (that market-based insurance reform can achieve near-universal coverage without a government mandate) is the most rigorous conservative alternative to the ACA.

Notable Works & Achievements

How Medicaid Fails the Poor

FREOPP research papers

Historical Influences

Milton Friedman Swiss healthcare model

Intellectual Lineage

Houston Yale Weill Cornell Medical CollegeForbes FREOPP

Contemporaries & Peers

Yuval Levin James Capretta

Minds Influenced

Conservative healthcare policy

Intellectual Posterity

FREOPP researchConservative ACA alternatives

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