Maanasa Kona, J.D., LL.M.

maanasa.kona@georgetown.edu

Maanasa Kona JD, LLM, is an Associate Research Professor and faculty member at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on improving the affordability of and access to health care. Recent projects include finding ways to protect patients from medical debt, pushing back against provider consolidation, and improving access to primary care and mental health care for underserved populations. 

Before joining CHIR, Ms. Kona was a Research Associate at the George Washington University Department of Health Policy and Management. She received her LL.M. from The George Washington University School of Law, her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, and her B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.