Michael McClurkin – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2017

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Harvard Medical School

Undergraduate School
University of Buffalo

Agency
Office of Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez

Supervisor
Rep. Jeff Sanchez

Mentor
Travis McCready, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member

Description of Fellowship
Michael spent his summer with the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing working on two projects of critical importance. In his first project, he compiled official statements from over 100 stakeholders on the American Health Care Act of 2017 and Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. For his second project, Michael drafted a memo for the Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing which assessed how plans to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would impact healthcare in the Commonwealth.