Rep. Lauren Underwood on health policy and the ACA | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Series: Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund

Rep. Lauren Underwood on health policy and the ACA

March 22, 2021 1:00:13

Join us for a discussion on health policy and the future of the Affordable Care Act with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James Hudak Professor of Health Policy. Representative Underwood is a registered nurse, a University of Michigan alumna (BSN '08), and the youngest African American woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives. 

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Faculty Expert

Paula Lantz

James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Director, BA Programs
A social demographer, Lantz studies the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health. She is currently engaged in research regarding innovative financing approaches for supportive housing among Medicaid beneficiaries, and also on how COVID-19 is exacerbating existing social and health inequalities in the U.S.