Avik Roy
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| File:Avik Roy on New America.jpg Roy participating in a 2017 panel at New America | |
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| Other names | Avik S. A. Roy |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale School of Medicine |
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Avik Roy (; Bengali: অভীক রায়) is a prominent American conservative commentator and activist.
Education and early career
Born in Rochester, Michigan to immigrant parents from India, Roy completed his high school education in both Beverly Hills, Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. During his final year of high school, he earned a place on the 1990 USA Today All-USA High School Academic Team, which honors the top twenty academic performers nationwide.[1] He pursued undergraduate studies in molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he contributed to the student publication Counterpoint. While at MIT, he was involved in a defamation lawsuit initiated by professor Tony Martin concerning an article addressing controversies surrounding Martin, although the case did not succeed.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name Subsequently, Roy attended the Yale School of Medicine, where he served as chairman of the Conservative Party within the Yale Political Union.[1]
Between 2001 and 2004, Roy held roles as an analyst and portfolio manager at investment company Bain Capital,[1]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name followed by a similar position at JPMorgan Chase. He then established a hedge fund concentrating on healthcare investments.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad nameCite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name By 2009, he was managing partner at Mymensingh Partners, a hedge fund based in New York,Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name and later joined the securities firm Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name In early 2012, Roy launched Roy Healthcare Research, an investment research firm centered on healthcare markets headquartered in New York.[1]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Commentary and activism
Roy initiated his healthcare policy blog The Apothecary in March 2009, expressing his opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Starting in 2010, his work gained wider exposure as National Review Online featured his writings on their health-care blog Critical Condition and policy blog The Agenda, collaborating with writers such as Reihan Salam and Josh Barro. In February 2011, his blog was incorporated into the Forbes website, where by January 2014 he was appointed opinion editor.
In 2011, Roy became a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Two years later, he authored How Medicaid Fails the Poor, which analyzed Medicaid’s shortcomings regarding health outcomes and access to medical care. In 2014, through the Manhattan Institute, he introduced a healthcare reform proposal entitled Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency, which he further developed in his publication The Case Against Obamacare (2014).
In 2016, Roy co-established the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a think tank dedicated to advancing economic mobility. His writings have appeared in Forbes, National Review, among other publications. Additionally, he has been featured on major television networks including Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, PBS's Newshour, and HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher.
In 2024, Roy joined the external advisory board of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE).
Republican advisor
In 2012, Roy took on the role of health care policy advisor for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. During the 2016 Republican primary season, he initially served as a senior advisor to Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas. Following Perry's decision to end his campaign in September 2015, Roy transitioned to advising Marco Rubio's bid for the presidency.
Since 2014, Roy has been a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation and maintains an association with Concerned Veterans for America.
In July 2016, Roy publicly criticized the Republican Party, asserting that it had "forfeited its right to govern" by being influenced more by white nationalism than by a dedication to equal rights for all citizens.
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- New York (state) Republicans
- American people of Bengali descent
- People from Rochester, Michigan
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
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