Michael A. Morrisey, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he has taught health insurance for more than 25 years. He is the director of the UAB Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and holds appointments in several other UAB departments and centers. He is a fellow of the Employee Benefits Research Institute. Dr. Morrisey was the first recipient of the John Thompson Prize for health services research, awarded by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, and he has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including Health Affairs and Medical Care Research and Review. He is a recipient of the UAB President’s Award for teaching and the UAB School of Public Health Distinguished Investigator Award. He holds a BA in economics from Northern State University in South Dakota and a PhD in economics from the University of Washington (Seattle).

 

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