Charles Gaba

In 2013, when neither the government nor the mainstream media provided consistent, reliable reporting of enrollment data for the Affordable Care Act, I launched  ACASignups.net as a hobby, using crowdsourcing to track enrollment data in real time. My work soon caught the attention of major media outlets, and has been cited and used as a resource ever since by media outlets spanning the ideological spectrum including the Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg News, Vox.com, MSNBC, the New Republic, USA Today, the CATO Institute, National Review Online and The New York Times among others, as well as prominent medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. I've since expanded into pretty much every other area of U.S. healthcare policy analysis, including Medicaid expansion, the off-exchange individual market, NY & MN's Basic Health Plan programs, annual premium rate changes, the pros and cons of transitioning towards a form of single payer healthcare and much more. Over the years I've also become a healthcare expansion advocate, working to protect the ACA from efforts by the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans to undermine and sabotage both the law and other consumer and patient protections For a long time I was relying exclusively on banner ads and one-time donations to tide me over (for which I'm eternally grateful!), but I've decided that it's time to formalize things. If you're interested in wonky healthcare data analysis with a touch of snark, your support is greatly appreciated.