Laura Katz Olson

Laura Katz Olson, AGF Distinguished Professor of Political Science, has published nine nonfiction books focusing on healthcare and aging. Her novel, Wrinkled Rebels, will be released by Vine Leaves Press on July 23, 2024.

The Politics of Medicaid received Lehigh University’s Williamson Book Award in Social Research (2012). Elder Care Journey: A View from the Front Lines, which relates her personal experiences as a caregiver for her mother, won a Gold Medal in the Ninth Annual Living Now Book Awards (September 2017). Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms U.S. Health Care (2022) won a gold medal in both The North American Book Awards and the Axiom Business Book Awards. The book was also a finalist in the American Book Fest Best Book Awa

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