Professor Gabriel Scheffler, an expert on health law, recently participated in an event at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. titled “Chasing the Ghosts of the Affordable Care Act.” The discussion focused on Scheffler’s forthcoming law review article in the Washington University Law Review, “The Ghosts of the Affordable Care Act.” The event was broadcast live on CSPAN.
The event started with Scheffler discussing his article, which focuses on the durability of ACA’s original provisions and adds historical context behind various changes within the law since it was enacted in March 2010. Other panelists offered a wide range of perspectives on Scheffler’s presentation. One of the key points of debate was the effect of the many attempts to repeal or revise ACA and its implementation features. The speakers largely focused on the individual mandate, the impact and durability of budgetary scoring limits, and the coverage effects of the “voluntary” Medicaid expansion across states.
Prior to joining the Miami Law faculty, Scheffler was a regulation fellow with the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a research fellow with the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School. He also served as a staff economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, where he worked on health care and labor market policy.
