In my 19th episode, I spoke with Sarah Gordon, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on evaluating policies that impact low-income populations, specifically on health insurance and access to care. Her work has analyzed the impacts of state-level healthcare policies and the Affordable Care Act in addition to more recent policies on health outcomes. We talked about her research interests and background in public health, medicaid expansion and increasing access to care for lower-income populations, and her takeaways from the past year on how COVID-19 has impacted healthcare services and existing health disparities.
