Linda Gorman is the Director of Heath Care Policy at The Independence Institute in Golden, Colorado, and she received her Ph.D. in economics.
Dr. Gorman studies and provides commentary on health care reform in Colorado and the United States. Her areas of specialty include Medicaid, understanding the many ways in which inaccurate pricing distorts health care decisions about tradeoffs, the metrics used to measure outcomes and performance, the importance of competitive systems in setting prices and controlling costs, and comparisons of national health systems.
Her articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, Library of Economics and Liberty, and numerous newspapers and online outlets.
She was a member of Colorados Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reform and a co-author of one of the Commissions minority reports.