Aaron Yelowitz is a Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky and the Director of the John H. Schnatter Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise. He is also a joint faculty member in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute. He conducts extensive research in the area of health care, including Medicaid managed care and the Affordable Care Act. Other recent research topics include housing and real estate markets, life insurance, racial disparities, paid sick leave, property taxes, and state-run automatic IRAs.