Edwin Park

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Edwin Park

Edwin Park is a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.  His work primarily focuses on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act and he is considered one of the nation’s leading health policy experts on issues related to Medicaid and CHIP financing and the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions, among others.  He also analyzes tax policies related to health care, private health insurance markets and policies related to prescription drugs.

He has testified before Congress and the California state legislature, been interviewed by media outlets such as National Public Radio and CNBC, and has been cited in numerous print publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune and in digital media such as Politico, Vox and HuffPost.  

Previously, he worked for 17 years at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization based in Washington D.C. that focuses on fiscal policy and policies affecting low- and moderate-income individuals and families at both the federal and state levels.  Most recently, he was Vice President for Health Policy, co-directing the Center’s 15-person health policy team.

He also served as the health policy advisor for the National Economic Council at the White House during the Clinton Administration and as a Medicaid professional staff member for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, as part of the minority staff of then-Ranking Member Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.  He also was an attorney in private practice, as part of the Health Practice Group at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells). He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

He has a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.  He also has an A.B. in Public and International Affairs, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University.

Latest From Edwin

Increased CHIP Matching Rates under House-Passed HEROES Act

The House-passed HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) would provide an additional one-year increase to the federal Medicaid matching rate (from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021), on top of the FMAP increase enacted as part of the Families First Act (P.L. 116-127).  As I have explained, the further FMAP increase, in turn, would increase the […]

News and Notes on Medicaid Prescription Drug Pricing and Coverage Issues

Unfortunately, Congress has largely shelved drug pricing legislation, including sound proposals to lower federal and state Medicaid drug costs, as it focuses on legislation responding to the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis.  Nevertheless, there have some developments in the area of Medicaid prescription drug pricing and coverage over the last few months that are […]

House HEROES Act Would Also Further Raise CHIP Matching Rate

The temporary 6.2 percentage point increase in the federal Medicaid matching rate enacted as part of the Families First COVID-19 legislation (P.L. 116-127) benefited the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as well.  Because the formula used to calculate each state’s CHIP matching rate is based on the regular FMAP, the Families First FMAP increase resulted […]

HEROES Act Includes Other Provisions Strengthening Medicaid and CHIP

The HEROES Act bill (H.R. 6800), which the House will likely consider Friday, May 13, would provide a critically needed, additional one-year increase in the federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) and block the Trump Administration from finalizing the damaging Medicaid Financial Accountability Rule (MFAR) during the duration of the public health emergency.  It also includes […]

House HEROES Act Bill Would Provide Significant Further Support for State Medicaid Programs

As I have previously written, while helpful, the temporary 6.2 percentage point increase in the federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) provided by the Families First COVID-19 response legislation (P.L. 116-127) is clearly insufficient to address the sharply higher state Medicaid costs and overall budget deficits states will experience in this health and economic crisis.  That […]