Jon Kingsdale

Guest Author

Jon Kingsdale is Associate Professor of the Practice, Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health. He has 40 years of experience in health care financing and policy. In 2006, he was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to organize and lead the Massachusetts Health Connector, the model for health insurance exchanges under national health reform. After starting and running the Connector (four years), he spent the following six years consulting to the federal government, state-based marketplaces and private clients on the implementation of the ACA.

Jon's Work:

05.08.2018 A toy elephant's bottom and a donkey's bottom as they leave the picture

Why Not Single Payer Now?

Democrats and moderates spent the last decade building support for, developing, and then defending the Affordable Care Act. A resurgent progressive interest in single payer health care would abandon it.

Guest Author Jon Kingsdale

05.02.2017 A yellow crayon broken in two pieces

How Moderate Republicans & Democrats Could Improve the ACA

Jon Kingsdale, first director of the Massachusetts exchange, helped many states implement the ACA. He thinks bi-partisan ideas can be used to fix structural problems with the law.

Guest Author Jon Kingsdale