Amy Monahan studies health and retirement plan regulation, and she has been actively involved in state and national efforts to improve the law in both areas. In 2010-11 she was appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Determination of Essential Health Benefits, the independent committee charged with developing guidelines and principles for the Department of Health & Human Services to use in defining which medical treatments and services health insurance plans must cover as part of Affordable Care Act insurance reforms, and she has also advised various states regarding health care reform and implementation.

Rachel Sachs is a scholar of innovation policy, exploring the intersection of health law, food and drug regulation, and patent law. Her work analyzes problems of innovation and access to new healthcare technologies. She served in the Biden-Harris Administration as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the General Counsel, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Division. She has testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means, and United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.