Health Policy Think Tank
Health policy researchers who work at think tanks and similar orgs (especially those with a focus on health coverage, financing, and costs)
Created by
@cynthiaccox.bsky.social
@drewaltman.bsky.social
President and CEO of @kff.org; Executive Publisher of @kffhealthnews.org
@mollybrodie.bsky.social
@KFF.org EVP, COO & Exec Director, Public Opinion & Survey Research
@shannonschumacher.bsky.social
Senior Survey Analyst @KFF.org polling the public about experiences in health care
@khemp.bsky.social
Senior Policy Adviser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Author of “Uncovered: The Story of Insurance in America.”
@dponeill.bsky.social
Healthcare services, tech & policy nerd. Alum: @theNAMedicine, @StanfordEng, @SAISHopkins, @CMCnews, @BCG and various health services & tech cos. https://dponeill.com/
@alicelburns.bsky.social
Associate Director @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy. Focus on #Medicaid, #Long-TermCare, and policies related to people with a #disability. Love to talk data and what we can learn as data access and processing improves.
@peggybaileydc.bsky.social
@CenterOnBudget Executive VP of Policy and Program Development. Fighting for economic, health and housing justice. Tired dog mom, even more tired of excuses used to not help people eat, be healthy, and have a place to call home.
@sartiga.bsky.social
VP and Director, Racial Equity and Health Policy, @KFF.org #Healthpolicy analysis focused on racial health disparities and immigrant health and well-being
@lindseydawson.bsky.social
Director, LGBTQ Health Policy; Assoc. Director, HIV Policy @KFF.org Writing & thinking about health access & data related to #HIV and #LGBTQ+ health policy.
@peterhussey.bsky.social
Vice President and Director of the Health Care research division at RAND. Opinions do not represent RAND.
@drishp.bsky.social
Associate Director, Racial Equity & Health Policy; Director, Immigrant Health Policy @KFF.org PhD from George Washington University MPH from Emory University BS from The Ohio State University
@sararcollins.bsky.social
Senior Scholar, Health Care Coverage and Access and Tracking Health System Performance at the Commonwealth Fund commonwealthfund.org.
@rachelwerner.bsky.social
General internist, health economist. Executive Director of @PennLDI.bsky.social
@jcubanski.bsky.social
Medicare expert. Deputy Director, Program on Medicare Policy @KFF. Part D, prescription drug policy, Medicare spending & financing, cyclist, NYT spelling bee fanatic.
@tricia-neuman.bsky.social
Senior Vice President, KFF and Executive Director, Program on Medicare Policy
@stpolicy.bsky.social
The Science and Technology Policy Program provides a space for policymakers and scientists to engage in substantive dialogue on critical scientific issues facing the U.S. and the world. Through this program, scholars address a broad range of policy issues
@elisegould.bsky.social
Economist, bike commuter, ultimate frisbee player. Studying wages, jobs, and economic inequality. Striving to be part of the solution. https://www.epi.org/people/elise-gould/
@sarahl202.bsky.social
VP for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. DSM native and @WSJ alumna. Views expressed here are mine. she/her
@ewburak.bsky.social
Research faculty, maternal and early childhood health policy Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) based at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Medicaid/CHIP policy + interesting (to me) miscellany.
@jillrose.bsky.social
Director of Public Health Policy at Center for American Progress, lover of everything outside in Maine, | opinions are mine
@laurenherckis.bsky.social
Anthropologist, global health and learning science researcher, digital archaeologist, and enthusiastic baker of cookies. Passionate about understanding technology adoption, data curation, and the future of postsecondary education.
@drkandice.bsky.social
Health economist, mama, yogi, and power napper. Senior economist at RAND | Director of Causal Inference Center | Adjunct at UTSW | #firstgen #healthpolicy
@gmkenney.bsky.social
Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute Health Policy Center. A health economist who studies Medicaid, health insurance coverage, health care affordability and access, and maternal, child, and repro health.
@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. Contributor CNBC. 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. FDA. Public boards: Pfizer, Illumina, TempusAI.
@jessicachang.bsky.social
• Associate Director of Research at Health Care Cost Institute • Health economist • Claims data nerd • UMN SPH HSRPA PhD • HNL kamaʻāina🍍 • Views are my own
@janprobst.bsky.social
Jan Probst ~ 40 years health services research, mostly into rural issues Guardian of Sam the rural health advoCATe. Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1HMPkKfOyD5kE/bibliography/public/
@aorris.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @centeronbudget focusing on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. Previously CMS and OMB/OIRA. She/her
@nirmitap.bsky.social
Senior Policy Manager @KFF.org researching mental health and substance use disorder policy. Check out our work here: https://www.kff.org/mental-health/
@emmawage.bsky.social
Team ACA @ KFF. Senior health policy analyst by day, senior Taylor Swift analyst by night. Build more housing.
@jalisahealth.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Georgetown CHIR Here for all things health policy
@econwithsarah.bsky.social
Formerly University of Pennsylvania, Barnard College. Studying All Things Pharma. Go Phillies! Opinions are my own www.sarahdschutz.com
@laura-b-smith.bsky.social
Health policy researcher @ Urban Institute Health Policy Division. Access to care, Medicaid, T-MSIS, kids, dual enrollees. HSR/Health Econ PhD from UMN. she/her/hers
@heathersaunders.bsky.social
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Policy | Program on Medicaid and Uninsured | Senior Research Manager @KFF
@fmitchell.bsky.social
I write about social and health policy and Black history and culture. I'm a fellow at the Urban Institute. Opinions are my own.
@karlamartineztx.bsky.social
Health policy @ Community Catalyst | formerly Every Texan, Every Texan United, UTHealth, TXST | all things immigrant access, health, food, equity, and union Did I mention I’m Texan?
@lmnichols.bsky.social
Health economist, SDOH financing focus, New Orleans resident, fan of St.Louis Cardinals and New Orleans Saints.
@zuckermans.bsky.social
Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute Health Policy Center. A health economist who studies the ACA, Medicare, Medicaid and physician payment.
@markabraham.bsky.social
Collecting and sharing data on community-level health and well-being. Personal account: Posts here do not represent the views of my employer. #NHV resident.
@joshmich.bsky.social
Associate Director Global Health Policy @KFF. U.S. and international public health, infectious disease epidemiology, global health security
@acinthedc.bsky.social
Health policy wonk (Medicaid #1 priority), coffee drinker, news junkie & occasional do-gooder from So Cal. Fight on Trojans!
@jaredortaliza.bsky.social
Policy Analyst @ KFF Program on the ACA | he/him | Views my own
@ldubay.bsky.social
Senior Fellow by day for Urban Institute's Health Policy Center. Opinions my own!
@lawsonmansell.bsky.social
Healthcare Policy for Niskanen Center Formerly: Milken Institute, South Carolina think tanker, SC-01 staffer Now 📍Washington, DC lmansell@niskanencenter.org
@mattmcgough.bsky.social
Health policy analyst @kff.org posting about the ACA, affordability, and a bit of pop culture | Hopkins alum | Views own🏳️🌈 https://www.kff.org/person/matt-mcgough/
@lynnemargalit.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at KFF focused on #PublicHealth and #HealthPolicy. Tracking critical KPIs on the US Health and Healthcare system #AccessAffordability #Wellbeing #QualityofCare #HealthSpending @ www.healthsystemtracker.org ❤️ #dataviz
@liz-williams.bsky.social
Senior Policy Manager | KFF's Program on Medicaid & Uninsured | she/her ✿ views are my own ✿
@mattafiedler.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. Former Chief Economist for Council of Economic Advisers.
@mattrae.bsky.social
New platform; still posting about healthcare cost & access, employer benefits, surveys, #rstats & sometimes my dog Ruffles I post graphs, papers & briefs that I find interesting Associate Director @KFF
@jasonlevitis.bsky.social
Health and tax policy and law, private insurance, Marketplaces, 1332 waivers, admin burdens. Led ACA implementation at Treasury. Now Urban Institute, SHVS, and Yale Solomon Center.
@bradleydstein.bsky.social
Child psychiatrist/ health services/policy researcher at RAND, studying improving access, treatment, and outcomes for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Often found at youth soccer games and finding recipes to try in my smoker
@emily-gee.bsky.social
SVP for Inclusive Growth at the Center for American Progress. Econ and health policy wonk. HHS and Obama CEA alum. Double-Washingtonian. Private account, opinions my own.
@ipersist.bsky.social
Health insurance, disability equity, pain policy. I will not sit quietly while they try to take health care and health research away from us. Never share a screenshot of text w/out the entire text in alt text so it's actually accessible.
@tawaid.bsky.social
Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Medicare, Dual Enrollees, Public Health, Labor, Demography, and Health Policy. Michigan Economics PhD, Sad Dad band lover
@andrewmibrahim.bsky.social
Surgeon-Scientist building for health, Vice Chair, Board Director, ex- C-suite | Improving health through evidence and design #MedSky, #SurgSky, founder #VisualAbstract #HealthinAllDesign www.SurgeryRedesign.com
@charlestxpolicy.bsky.social
@bendavanzo.bsky.social
Advocate for health equity and economic justice for the National Immigration Law Center. Also neighborhood and housing issues as a hobby. Dad of 2 cute wild kids.
@mfcannon.bsky.social
“An influential health care wonk at the libertarian Cato Institute“ – Washington Post. “A pleasant discovery” – Capitalism magazine. Washingtonian’s “Most Influential People” in DC 2021-present.
@andreaducas.bsky.social
VP of Health Policy at Center for American Progress; formerly at RWJF // feminist, tea-lover, travel bug, hiker, relentless pursuer of a more perfect union
@robinr.bsky.social
VP / Director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy with a focus on all things related to #Medicaid
@joanalker1.bsky.social
ED of Georgetown Center for Children and Families and Research Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy; post mostly about Medicaid, CHIP and such... Visit our website at ccf.georgetown.edu
@lizhamel.bsky.social
Polling on health care at @KFF. Also a mom of 3, ocean lover, living in SF but still a New Englander at heart.
@lauriesobel.bsky.social
Associate Director, Women's Health Policy at KFF https://www.kff.org/person/laurie-sobel/
@jenkatesdc.bsky.social
Senior VP/Director, Global Health & HIV Policy, @kff.org. Health policy, epidemics, data, & parenting. NYC born & raised, DC is now home.
@commonwealthfund.org
Affordable, quality health care. For everyone. About Us: https://buff.ly/3PTPkDt
@kffhealthnews.org
A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.org. Also publishes California Healthline.
@edwincpark.bsky.social
Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. ccf.georgetown.edu
@ashleykirzinger.bsky.social
Pollster for KFF, Dog mom to Lemon and Poppy, Chicken mom to the Golden Girls Women also poll feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nd3beschhh3zzxsdoxxnntcb/feed/aaaeruj3mm6ew
@lorenadler.bsky.social
Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy | mostly health econ, occasionally budgets or Knicks
@larrylevitt.bsky.social
Executive Vice President for Health Policy, KFF. Cal Bear. https://www.kff.org/person/larry-levitt/
@cynthiaccox.bsky.social
Vice President @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org