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|alias = Avik S. A. Roy
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|birth_place = [[Rochester, Michigan]]
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|alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Yale School of Medicine]]
|occupation = * Journalist
* Editor
* Policy advisor & political strategist
*Investment analyst
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'''Avik Roy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|v|ɪ|k|_|ˈ|r|ɔɪ}}; [[Bengali language|Bengali]]: অভীক রায়) is an American conservative commentator and activist.

== Education and early career ==

Roy was born in [[Rochester, Michigan]], to Indian immigrant parents, and attended high school in [[Beverly Hills, Michigan]] and [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ball|first1=Molly|title=Saving Conservatism From Trump's GOP|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/11/the-doomsayer/501137/|accessdate=11 March 2017|work=The Atlantic|issue=November 2016}}</ref> In his senior year he was named a first team member of the 1990 ''[[USA Today]]'' All-USA High School Academic Team, awarded to the twenty best performing academic students in the country.<ref name="ForbesBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2013/12/18/forbes-taps-health-policy-expert-avik-roy-to-become-opinion-editor/ |title=Forbes Taps Health Policy Expert Avik Roy To Become Opinion Editor |author=Penn, Tiffany |magazine=Forbes |date=December 18, 2013 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In his college years, Roy studied [[molecular biology]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="Manhattan">{{cite web|url=http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/roy.htm |title=Avik Roy |publisher=Manhattan Institute for Policy Research |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In 1993, during Roy's term as a writer for the MIT student publication ''Counterpoint'', he was unsuccessfully sued for defamation by Trinidadian [[Africana studies]] professor [[Tony Martin (professor)|Tony Martin]], after publishing an article detailing past controversies surrounding Martin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/01/us/teacher-s-libel-suit-dismissed.html |title=Teacher's Libel Suit Dismissed |author=Barringer, Felicity |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 1, 1999 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V118/N65/counterpoint.65n.html |title=Counterpoint Writer Cleared in Libel Suit |author=Hussain, Zareena |work=The Tech |publisher=MIT |date=January 6, 1999 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Roy then attended the [[Yale School of Medicine]]. Roy was active politically at Yale, where he served as the chairman for the Conservative Party of the [[Yale Political Union]].<ref name="ForbesBio"/>

Between 2001 and 2004, Roy worked as an analyst and [[portfolio manager]] at investment firm [[Bain Capital]],<ref name="ForbesBio"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/289009/bain-capitals-legacy-south-carolina-avik-roy |title=Bain Capital's Legacy in South Carolina |author=Roy, Avik |magazine=National Review Online |date=January 6, 1999 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> later working in a similar position for [[JPMorgan Chase]], which he left to found a healthcare-focused [[hedge fund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstwordpharma.com/node/166405 |title=Amgen's fourth-quarter earnings, revenue rise on strong sales |author=Laforte, Marie-Eve |publisher=FirstWord Pharma |date=26 January 2006 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/3905 |title=Former JP Morgan Analyst Preps Hedge Fund |publisher=FIN Alternatives |date=March 21, 2008 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In 2009, Roy was working as the managing partner at the New York-based hedge fund Mymensingh Partners,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/01/07/pharmaceuticals-sales-biz-healthcare-cx_mh_0108drugssales.html |title=The Value Of New Drugs Is Dropping |author=Herper, Matthew |magazine=Forbes |date=January 7, 2009 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> later working for the securities firm Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/11/02/human-genome-sciences-vertex-business-healthcare-genomics.html |title=Genomics: No Longer A Failure |author=Herper, Matthew |magazine=Forbes |date=January 7, 2009 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In early 2012, Roy founded Roy Healthcare Research, an investment research firm located in New York.<ref name="ForbesBio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesslookup.org/roy_healthcare_research_llc |title=Roy Healthcare Research, LLC |work=Business Lookup |publisher=CME United |accessdate=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123827/http://www.businesslookup.org/roy_healthcare_research_llc |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Commentary and activism==

In March 2009, Roy began writing ''The Apothecary'', a personal blog focusing on healthcare policy, particularly his opposition to the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]. He was able to devote more time to the blog from 2010 onward,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avikroy.net/2010/03/i-have-resurfaced.html |title=I Have Resurfaced! |publisher=Avik Roy |date=March 22, 2010 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> reaching a wider audience in 2010 when [[National Review|''National Review Online'']] featured his posts as a part of their health-care focused blog, Critical Condition, and their policy-focused blog, The Agenda, where he worked with [[Reihan Salam]] and [[Josh Barro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/author/avik-roy |title=Avik Roy |magazine=National Review |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In February 2011, Roy's blog was officially picked up by ''[[Forbes]]'' as an integrated blog featured on their website.<ref name="ForbesBio"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avikroy.net/2011/01/apothecary-is-moving-to-forbescom.html |title=The Apothecary is Moving to Forbes.com |publisher=Avik Roy |date=January 30, 2011 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In January 2014, Roy was appointed the opinion editor for ''Forbes''.<ref name="ForbesBio"/>

Roy became a senior fellow at the [[Manhattan Institute]] in 2011.<ref name="Manhattan"/> In 2013 Roy published the book ''How Medicaid Fails the Poor'', a work arguing that [[Medicaid]] produces poor health outcomes and limited access to physician care.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/how-medicaid-fails-the-poor/ |title=How Medicaid Fails the Poor |publisher=Encounter Books |accessdate=September 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911012724/http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/how-medicaid-fails-the-poor/ |archivedate=September 11, 2015 }}</ref> In 2014, he authored a proposal for health care reform through the Manhattan Institute, entitled ''Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/09/02/transcending-obamacare-analyzing-avik-roys-aca-replacement-plan/ |title=Transcending Obamacare? Analyzing Avik Roy's ACA Replacement Plan |author=Jost, Timothy |publisher=Project HOPE |date=September 2, 2014 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> This was elaborated on in his third publication, ''The Case Against Obamacare'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Obamacare-Avik-Roy-ebook/dp/B00R22VZ80/ |title=The Case Against Obamacare Kindle Edition |publisher=Amazon |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, Roy co-founded the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a think tank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freopp.org/our-mission-3b16e8e8c656#.wjr7kc9ne|title=Our Mission|last=FREOPP|date=2016-06-12|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/30/its-about-helping-people-inside-the-new-group-trying-to-boost-the-working-class-sans-trump/|title='It's about helping people': Inside the new group trying to boost the working class, sans Trump|website=Washington Post|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref> Roy has written for ''Forbes'', ''National Review'', and other outlets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Avik|title=Let Jindal be Jindal|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/351910/let-jindal-be-jindal-avik-roy|accessdate=18 September 2015|magazine=National Review|date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Avik|title=50 Years After The Civil Rights Act, Integration Remains Elusive|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/07/31/50-years-later-integration-remains-elusive/|accessdate=18 September 2015|magazine=Forbes|date=31 July 2014}}</ref> He has appeared on TV such as [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]], [[Fox Business]], [[MSNBC]], [[CNBC]] and [[Bloomberg Television]].<ref name="ForbesBio" /> He has appeared on [[PBS]]'s ''[[Newshour]]'' and on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Real Time With Bill Maher]]''.

=== Republican advisor ===
In 2012, Roy was health care policy advisor to the Mitt Romney presidential [[Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012|campaign]].<ref name="ForbesBio" /> In the 2016 Republican primary, Roy was initially senior advisor to former Texas governor [[Rick Perry]]'s [[Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2016|2016 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/20/perrys-likely-2016-campaign-gets-policy-team/ |title=Perry's Likely 2016 Campaign Gets Policy Team |author=Svitek, Patrick |newspaper=The Texas Tribune |date=April 20, 2015 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/239399-perry-lands-ex-romney-healthcare-adviser |title=Perry lands ex-Romney healthcare adviser |author=Ferris, Sarah |work=The Hill |publisher=News Communications |date=April 20, 2015 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Perry suspended his presidential campaign. Shortly thereafter, Roy joined the [[Marco Rubio presidential campaign, 2016|2016 presidential campaign of Marco Rubio]] as an advisor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Peter|title=Rubio lands major conservative health expert|url=http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/256660-rubio-lands-major-conservative-health-expert|accessdate=15 October 2015|newspaper=The Hill|date=12 October 2015}}</ref>

Roy has been on the Board of Advisors for the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation which he joined in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nihcm.org/component/content/article/738-archives/2014/912-avik-roy-joins-nihcm-foundation-advisory-board |title=Avik Roy Joins NIHCM Foundation Advisory Board |publisher=NIHCM |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> and [[Concerned Veterans for America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cv4a.org/cva-launches-fixing-veterans-health-care-policy-taskforce/ |title=CVA LAUNCHES FIXING VETERANS HEALTH CARE POLICY TASKFORCE |author=Phelps, Caroline |publisher=Concerned Veterans for America |date=September 29, 2014 |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref>

In July 2016, as quoted in a [[Vox (website)|''Vox'']] article, Roy said that the Republican Party had "lost its right to govern, because it is driven by white nationalism rather than a true commitment to equality for all Americans."<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12256510/republican-party-trump-avik-roy A Republican intellectual explains why the Republican Party is going to die]</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/ Avik Roy's blog at Forbes]
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/author/avik-roy Avik Roy's articles at National Review]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/aviksaroy Avik Roy's YouTube page]
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