About Us

CHIR is composed of a team of nationally recognized experts on private health insurance and health reform. We are based at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute (HPI), and work regularly with a multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on issues related to health policy and health services. HPI is affiliated with the University’s public policy graduate programs (the McCourt School of Public Policy). 

CHIR provides policy expertise and technical assistance to federal and state policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders seeking to make health care accessible, equitable, and affordable for consumers.

This website and the research housed in it have been funded by the National Institute for Health Care Reform, a funder dedicated to high-quality, objective research that works to identify key health policy issues, identify policy options, and assess the advantages and disadvantages of policy options to help inform policymakers and other decision makers about how to expand access to high-quality, affordable health care to all Americans.

The authors of this website and the reports are Maanasa Kona, Stacey Pogue, and Kennah Watts. Please feel free to reach out to any of us for further information on this project.