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Tara R. Straw

Tara Straw is a senior advisor with Manatt Health in the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office. She brings deep experience across public and commercial health insurance, helping state, nonprofit and industry clients design and advance high-impact initiatives that expand and strengthen coverage while promoting administrative simplification and reducing burden.

Working as a collaborative partner to her clients, Tara develops policy solutions and counsels organizations through the implementation and long-term sustainability of health coverage and care improvements. She has extensive experience with the Affordable Care Act and the regulatory framework governing the health insurance Marketplaces, including financial assistance mechanisms, Section 1332 waivers, Basic Health Programs, and related federal and state policy and operational issues.

Before joining Manatt, Tara served as a director at a nonpartisan research and policy institute, where she led influential work on Marketplace policy and operations. She also worked closely with congressional staff and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to advance initiatives at the intersection of health care and tax policy.

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