Memo to Reporters: Experts available to weigh in on court’s Affordable Care Act ruling

The following University of California, Berkeley, experts are available to discuss various aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act.

ACA implementation

Stephen Shortell

Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, expert on health policy and management
Expertise: Health policy and management, health care delivery, implementation of the ACA
Phone: (510) 643-5346
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Sarah Yang, (510) 643-7741 or [email protected].  Note that Sarah Yang is away from the office until July 5.  In her absence please call Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected].

Business

Kristiana Raube

Executive director of the Graduate Program in Health Management at the Haas School of Business
Expertise: Health care management, quality of care, health care financing and delivery
Phone: (510) 643-1399
Email: [email protected]

Haas School Media Relations contact: Pamela Tom, (510) 642-2734 or [email protected]

Health care economics

Brad DeLong

Professor of economics
Expertise: Economics, economic history, political economy and health care reform
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected]

Labor

Ken Jacobs

Chair of UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education
Expertise: Author or co-author of several studies assessing impact in California of the ACA’s implementation

Phone: (510) 643-2621 (office) or (cell) (415) 516-3135
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected]

Law

David Gamage

Assistant professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law
Expertise: Tax administration and policy. Gamage just completed two years working with the U.S. Treasury Department on tax provisions for the Affordable Care Act.

Phone: (510) 643-6116 (office) or (510) 852-9829 (cell)
Email: [email protected]

Berkeley Law Media Relations contact: Susan Gluss, (510) 642-6936 (office) or (510) 705-3366 (cell) or [email protected]

Ann O’Leary

Lecturer at the UC Berkeley School of Law
Expertise: Health care law
Phone: (415) 689-5747
Email: [email protected]

Berkeley Law Media Relations contact: Susan Gluss, (510) 642-6936 (office) or (510) 705-3366 (cell) or [email protected]

Politics

Terri Bimes

Lecturer in political science and author of a book on the American presidency
Expertise: National politics and the presidency.  Bimes has written about presidential rhetoric, divided government and the 2000 presidential election.
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected]

Bruce Cain

Professor of political science, director of the UC Washington Center in Washington, D.C.
Expertise: State and local politics
Phone: (202) 974-6202
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected]

Eric Schickler

Professor of political science
Expertise: Congress, American politics and political parties
Phone: (510) 643-2933
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations contact: Kathleen Maclay, (510) 643-5651 or [email protected]