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Tara R. Straw

Senior Advisor

Manatt Health
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  • Washington, D.C.
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Education
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, 2020
    Certificate in Employee Benefits, with Distinction

    Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2015

    American University, M.P.P., 2002, summa cum laude

    American University, B.A., 2000, summa cum laude

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Tara Straw is a Manatt Health senior advisor in the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Tara guides policy in health care, with extensive experience in the Affordable Care Act, including the premium tax credit, Section 1332 waivers and many other key issues surrounding health insurance marketplaces. She also works on intersecting health and tax issues, employer coverage, and design approaches for a public option.

Before joining Manatt, Tara was a director at a nonpartisan research and policy institute leading policy and operations work in the health insurance marketplace. She navigated Capitol Hill and worked in concert with Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury/IRS, and congressional staff to forward initiatives related to health care and tax issues.

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Admitted to practice in the state of Maryland

Member, National Academy of Social Insurance

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Publications

Quoted, “Top Predictions for Health Insurers, Employers in the New Year,” HealthPayerIntelligence, January 3, 2023.

Quoted, “Seeking Stability In 2023,” InsuranceNewsNet, January 1, 2023.

Co-author, “Vital Access: How Policymakers Can Streamline the Cancer Care Journey,” The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, January 2023.

Quoted, “The health care leader's guide to Election Day,” Advisory Board, November 8, 2022.

Quoted, “Healthcare Is on the Ballot in Tuesday's Midterm Election,” MedPage Today, November 4, 2022.

Quoted, “CMS Lays Plan To Move Those Losing Medicaid To Marketplace,” InsideHealthPolicy, November 1, 2022.

Quoted, “CMS Updates QHP Applications; Holds Glitch Fix Forums,” InsideHealthPolicy, October 25, 2022.

Quoted, “‘The Great Unwinding’: What the pandemic’s end could mean for health coverage,” InsuranceNewsNet, June 28, 2022.

Quoted, “Meet Aviva Aron-Dine, the White House’s newest econ wonk,” Jewish Insider, June 13, 2022.

Co-author, “Responding To COVID-19: Using The CARES Act’s Hospital Fund To Help The Uninsured, Achieve Other Goals,” Health Affairs Forefront, April 2020.

Author, “Beyond The Firewall: Pathways To Affordable Health Coverage For Low-Income Workers,” Health Affairs Forefront, December 2019.

Tara in the News

  • 01.01.23

    Belfort and Straw Quoted on Predictions for 2023 Health Insurance ...

    Manatt Health Partner Robert Belfort and Senior Advisor Tara Straw were quoted in HealthPayerIntelligence on their predictions for health ...

  • 11.04.22

    Straw Quoted in MedPage Today on Midterm Elections’ Impact on Health ...

    Manatt Health Senior Advisor Tara Straw was quoted in MedPage Today on how the midterm elections may impact health care issues in the U.S. in ...

  • 10.25.22

    Straw Quoted in InsideHealthPolicy on the Family Glitch Rule

    Manatt Health Senior Advisor Tara Straw spoke with InsideHealthPolicy about how CMS is implementing and informing consumers about the new ...

  • 06.28.22

    Serafi and Straw Quoted in InsuranceNewsNet on Health Coverage at the ...

    Manatt Health Partner Kinda Serafi and Senior Advisor Tara Straw were quoted in InsuranceNewsNet on how the end of the COVID-19 public health ...

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Tara's Articles

  • 01.10.23

    Vital Access: How Policymakers Can Streamline the Cancer Care Journey

    Over the past 50-plus years, there have been enormous advances in understanding the mechanisms that cause blood cancer. As a result, new and ...



Tara's Newsletters

  • 02.15.23

    Oregon’s Glide Path to a Basic Health Program Following the End of ...

    In December 2022, Oregon became the first state since New York (2015) and Minnesota (2016) to put forth a plan to seek federal approval for ...

  • 09.07.22

    No Surprises Act Final Rule Addresses Dispute Resolution Provisions ...

    On August 19, the Biden Administration released a final rule on the No Surprises Act that primarily addresses regulatory provisions invalidated by ...

  • 08.04.22

    Biden Administration Proposes Substantial Revisions to Health Care ...

    On July 25, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ...

  • 06.29.22

    Innovative 1332 Waivers Proceed in Colorado and Washington

    The Biden administration gave its stamp of approval last week to Colorado’s novel waiver under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to ...

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Tara's Events and Webinars

  • 12.14.22

    The Role of State-Based Marketplaces in Advancing Health Equity

    Join Manatt for the Fourth of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You. There are currently a ...



  • 09.28.22

    What Will the Midterm Elections Mean for Health Care?

    Americans are strongly focused on the upcoming midterm elections. An NBC News survey shows that 68% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats are ...

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