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Brittany La Couture

Former Health Policy Counsel

Brittany has a J.D. from Georgetown University where she focused her studies on health care policy, and is licensed in New Jersey.

Biography

Prior to joining AAF, Brittany was a Research Assistant in the Health Care Policy department of the Cato Institute.

Brittany graduated summa cum laude in 3 years from Holy Family University where she studied psychology and philosophy, played volleyball, and was a member of the Psi Chi and Pi Gamma Mu honor societies.

Education

JD
Georgetown University

BA
Holy Family University

Notable Positions

Health Care Policy Department

Cato Institute

Expertise

Health Care

Recent Posts

November 3, 2016

Research

Accessing Dentistry in the US

Brittany La Couture, Brent Begany

Introduction The United States in the midst of an oral health crisis. The availability of dental care is currently insufficient to meet the needs of all…

November 1, 2016

Weekly Checkup

“Uber Docs”

Brittany La Couture

The past few years have seen the rise – or resurgence—of physician house calls. New technologies, such as online scheduling, skype and face-time, and…

October 20, 2016

Research

REMS and Brand-Generic Negotiations

Brittany La Couture

Introduction Balancing the need to incentivize continued investment in innovative new therapies, ensuring that those drugs are safe, and making them as…

October 13, 2016

Weekly Checkup

How Do We Measure “Quality?”

Brittany La Couture

When determining the relative value of new treatments of disease, most industries implicitly or explicitly put a dollar-value on each additional year of…

Education

JD
Georgetown University

BA
Holy Family University

Notable Positions

Health Care Policy Department

Cato Institute

Expertise

Health Care

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