Eliza Navarro Bangit, J.D., is a Senior Research Associate and lawyer at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute.  Her research focuses on federal and state laws governing the private insurance market, with a focus on access, affordability and adequacy of coverage.  Other areas of focus include the examination of state initiatives in covering the uninsured including state high-risk pool programs, subsidies for private health insurance coverage and small employer tax credits, the regulation of association health plans and multiple employer arrangements, and the proliferation of fraudulent health insurance coverage promoted through associations.

Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Bangit served as Program Associate at the Institute for Health Policy Solutions, where she conducted a wide array of data research and analysis involving employer-based health insurance coverage and initiatives to expand health insurance coverage to children and families. She also provided assistance and established collaborative relationships with numerous sites and organizations developing consumer-choice purchasing alliances and cooperatives.

Ms. Bangit received her J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, and her M.A. and B.A. from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.