The election of Donald Trump and an ascendant Republican majority in the U.S. Congress may mean the end of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The law’s 2010 passage marked the United States’ effort to achieve near-universal health insurance coverage.
Now, Obamacare is at risk. As matters stand, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that, according to non-partisan government estimates, would lead 24 million people to lose their health coverage. The bill has now moved to the Senate, which is engaging in closed-door negotiations. Are Republicans likely to succeed in their efforts to repeal Obamacare? If so, what will the final replacement law look like? And what effect would that replacement have on the U.S. health-care system?
The Global Health Centre (GHC) takes the opportunity to invite Nicholas Bagley, a leading expert on U.S. health policy and currently affiliated as Visiting Professor at the GHC to discuss with Gian Luca Burci the current political context for health in the U.S.
 
Professor Nicholas Bagley teaches and writes in the areas of administrative law, regulatory theory, and health law. Prior to joining the University of Michigan Law School faculty, he was an attorney with the appellate staff in the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he argued a dozen cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeals and acted as lead counsel in many more. Professor Bagley also served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court and to the Hon. David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Professor Bagley holds a BA in English from Yale University and received his JD, summa cum laude, from New York University School of Law. Before entering law school, he joined Teach For America and taught eighth-grade English at a public school in South Bronx. He is a frequent contributor to The Incidental Economist, a prominent health policy blog.

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