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Aubrianna Osorio

is a Research Manager at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Aubrianna Osorio is the Research Manager at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF). Her current work focuses on tracking recent research and analyzing national and state-level data to understand trends in children’s health insurance coverage, health disparities, quality of care, and maternal and perinatal health. Her data work focuses primarily on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, CMS Medicaid enrollment data, and the Child Core Set. Prior to this role, Aubrianna served as CCF’s Graduate Research Intern. She has an MPP from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy and a BA in Sociology from Kenyon College.

Latest From Aubrianna

Medicaid’s Coverage Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas

Medicaid’s vital role as an insurer for low-income families, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, and individuals in need of long-term services and supports in the nation’s health care system has continued to grow over the past decade. According to federal administrative enrollment data, one-quarter of all residents of the United States and more […]

Research Update: What Does Persistent Poverty Mean for Medicaid?

A recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau has identified 341 counties nationwide that are in persistent poverty, which is defined as having a poverty rate of 20% or higher during the past 30 years from 1989 through the 2015-2019 data period (for context, the national poverty rate in 2015-2019 was 13.4%). While persistent poverty […]

Research Update: It’s Simple—Medicaid Helps People Work

My colleagues have been analyzing the highly damaging Medicaid work reporting requirement provisions of the House-passed debt ceiling bill crafted by Speaker McCarthy, including how it would likely harm people with disabilities and parents. There is an overwhelming stack of evidence showing that work requirements are a terrible idea: they don’t actually improve employment rates, […]