Affective Old Truant @effectivealtruist.bsky.social I'm an effective altruist mainly reading and boosting posts, but occasionally I'll muse and doodle about #EffectiveAltruism. I take a balanced approach, so will highlight under-represented views—my opinions will no doubt become apparent :)
Kevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social I discovered the surprising story of what really happened in 2008 (not enough housing) and accidentally became a housing policy guy.
https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kevin-Erdmann/author/B099P7SN1G
The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
https://www.theunpopulist.net
Aaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com Senior Director of Liberal Projects at @theihs.org, where I lead @Liberalism.org and host The Liberalism.org Show. Views my own. ☸️
Co-host of the Inner Life of Liberalism with @uncanonical.net
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Jonathan H. Adler @jadler1969.bsky.social Father, Husband, W&M LawProf, guy with opinions; @chkbal co-founder;
@volokhc.bsky.social contributor;
Law before policy before politics;
Philly sports always;
'the cowbell of Twitter'-N. Schulz
typos are part of the brand.
Thomas Berry @thomasberry.bsky.social Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute. Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review.
https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry
Steve Slivinski @sslivinski.bsky.social Senior Fellow @cato.org
Public policy. Baseball. Dad jokes.
https://www.cato.org/people/stephen-slivinski
Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy
Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.
Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
Johan Norberg @johanknorberg.bsky.social Classical liberalism, goth and cats.
Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social Journalist. Criminal justice & government accountability. Yes, this is my real name.
Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox.bsky.social Senior Vice President @KFF.org #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
Aaron Mitchell @thewonkologist.bsky.social Medical oncologist and health services researcher. Focusing on health care costs, physician-industry COI, and oncology reimbursement reform. Opinions mine.
ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social The American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) is a professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in health economics research in the US.
@benippolito.bsky.social @benippolito.bsky.social 
@imanitel.bsky.social @imanitel.bsky.social Research Assistant at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Dan O’Neill @dponeill.bsky.social Healthcare services, tech & policy nerd. Alum: @theNAMedicine, @StanfordEng, @SAISHopkins, @CMCnews, @BCG and various health services & tech cos. https://dponeill.com/
Alice Levy Burns @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.
Peggy Bailey @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.
Samantha Artiga @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
Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @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.
Peter Hussey @peterhussey.bsky.social Vice President and Director of the Health Care research division at RAND. Opinions do not represent RAND.
Drishti Pillai, PhD, MPH @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
Sara Collins @sararcollins.bsky.social Senior Scholar, Expanding Coverage and Access and Tracking Health System Performance at the Commonwealth Fund commonwealthfund.org.
Rachel Werner @rachelwerner.bsky.social General internist, health economist.
Executive Director of @PennLDI.bsky.social 
Juliette Cubanski @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.
KFF @kff.org The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
Michael L. Barnett @mlbarnett.bsky.social health policy researcher, primary care physician, dad
Tricia Neuman @tricia-neuman.bsky.social Senior Vice President, KFF and Executive Director, Program on Medicare Policy- A Anna Kaltenboeck @annakal.bsky.social Health econ & Rx drug pricing. 💵💲💉💊Opinions my own.
Science & Technology Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute @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
Elise Gould @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/
Sarah Lueck @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
Elisabeth Wright Burak @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.
Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social Director of Public Health Policy at Center for American Progress, lover of everything outside in Maine, | opinions are mine
Lauren Herckis @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.
Kandice Kapinos @drkandice.bsky.social Health economist, mama, yogi, and power napper.
Senior economist at RAND | Director of Causal Inference Center | Adjunct at UTSW | #firstgen #healthpolicy- G gmkenney @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.
Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. Contributor CNBC. 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. FDA. Boards: Pfizer, Illumina, TempusAI, United Health
Jessica Chang @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 @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/
Allison Orris @aorris.bsky.social Medicaid policy wonk
She/her
Nirmita Panchal @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/
Fred Blavin @fblavin.bsky.social Urban Institute, Health Economist, Detroit sports enthusiast.
Emma Wager @emmawage.bsky.social Team ACA @ KFF. Senior health policy analyst by day, senior Taylor Swift analyst by night. Build more housing.
Jalisa Clark @jalisahealth.bsky.social Research Fellow at Georgetown CHIR
Here for all things health policy
Sarah Schutz @econwithsarah.bsky.social Formerly University of Pennsylvania, Barnard College. Studying All Things Pharma. Go Phillies!
Opinions are my own
www.sarahdschutz.com
Laura Barrie Smith @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
Heather Saunders @heathersaunders.bsky.social Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Policy | Program on Medicaid and Uninsured | Senior Research Manager @KFF
F. Mitchell @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.
Karla Martínez @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?
Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social Health economist, SDOH financing focus, New Orleans resident, fan of St.Louis Cardinals and New Orleans Saints.
Steve Zuckerman @zuckermans.bsky.social Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute Health Policy Center. A health economist who studies the ACA, Medicare, Medicaid and physician payment.
Mark Abraham @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.
Josh Michaud @joshmich.bsky.social Associate Director Global Health and Public Health Policy @KFF.
U.S. and international public health, infectious disease epidemiology, global health security.
Akeiisa Coleman @acinthedc.bsky.social Health policy wonk (Medicaid #1 priority), coffee drinker, news junkie & occasional do-gooder from So Cal. Fight on Trojans! 
Jared Ortaliza @jaredortaliza.bsky.social Policy Analyst @ KFF Program on the ACA | he/him | Views my own
Lisa Dubay @ldubay.bsky.social Senior Fellow by day for Urban Institute's Health Policy Center. Opinions my own!
Lawson Mansell @lawsonmansell.bsky.social Healthcare Policy for Niskanen Center
Formerly: Milken Institute, South Carolina think tanker, SC-01 staffer
Now 📍Washington, DC
lmansell@niskanencenter.org
Matt McGough @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/
Lynne Cotter @lynnemargalit.bsky.social Senior Researcher at KFF focused on #PublicHealth and #HealthPolicy. Tracking critical KPIs on the US Health and Healthcare system #Access #Affordability #Wellbeing #QualityofCare #HealthSpending @ www.healthsystemtracker.org ❤️ #dataviz
Liz Williams @liz-williams.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager | KFF's Program on Medicaid & Uninsured | she/her
✿ views are my own ✿
Matt Fiedler @mattafiedler.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. Former Chief Economist for Council of Economic Advisers.
Matthew Rae @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
Jason Levitis @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.
Bradley Stein @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 @emily-gee.bsky.social SVP for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress. Econ and health policy wonk. HHS and Obama CEA alum. Double-Washingtonian. Private account, opinions my own.
Dania Palanker @ipersist.bsky.social Cisgendered supporter of transgender rights.
Health insurance, disability equity, pain policy
Tim Waidmann @tawaid.bsky.social Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Medicare, Dual Enrollees, Public Health, Labor, Demography, and Health Policy. Michigan Economics PhD, Sad Dad band lover
Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc @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
Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social Senior Strategist at the National Immigration Law Center. Health and immigration policy issues mostly, with a focus on Congress and politics. Also neighborhood and housing issues as a hobby. Dad of 2 cute wild kids.
Rakesh Singh @rsingh.bsky.social VP of Health Policy Initiatives, KFF
Andrea Ducas @andreaducas.bsky.social VP of Programs at Peterson Center on Healthcare; formerly Health Policy VP at Center for American Progress & SPO at RWJF // skeets my own // feminist, tea-lover, travel bug, hiker, relentless pursuer of a more perfect union
Robin Rudowitz @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 
Joan Alker @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 and CHIP.
Proud member of the “Best for Last” club.
Liz Hamel @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.
Laurie Sobel @lauriesobel.bsky.social Associate Director, Women's Health Policy at KFF
https://www.kff.org/person/laurie-sobel/
Jen Kates @jenkatesdc.bsky.social Senior VP/Director, Global & Public Health Policy,
@kff.org. Health policy, epidemics, data, & parenting. NYC born & raised, DC is now home.
The Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfund.org Affordable, quality health care. For everyone.
About Us: https://buff.ly/3PTPkDt
KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.org.
Edwin Park @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
Ashley Kirzinger @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
Loren Adler @lorenadler.bsky.social Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy | mostly health econ, occasionally budgets or Knicks
Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social Executive Vice President for Health Policy, KFF. Cal Bear.
https://www.kff.org/person/larry-levitt/
Project Liberal 🗽 @projectliberal.org We advocate for the cause of a free and open society. Join at projectliberal.org!
Bekah Graham @libertybeks.bsky.social I'm on my second life.
Weekly articles at bekahgwen.substack.com.
Matthew Holt @boltyboy.bsky.social Health Care Curmudgeon
Was Health 2.0; Now @THCBStaff blog & #THCBGang Podcast
AND @smackhealth health tech advisory
Topics: health, tech, politics, soccer
Yevgeniy Feyman @yfeyman.bsky.social A mild mannered health economist doing health services research. My opinions =\= my employer's. Zionist. 🇮🇱
Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social Posting the worst medical takes. Have a submission? DM or @ me. #MedSky https://ko-fi.com/badmedicaltakes
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social Ophthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Jonathan.
Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social Epidemiologist. Research Fellow. Doctor of Spreadsheets. Writer (Slate, TIME, Guardian, etc). PhD, MPH. Host of senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him. Find my writing on Substack and Medium.
Seth Trueger @mdaware.org ER doc at Northwestern & @BedsideMedNU.bsky.social
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
Cato Institute @cato.org A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. https://www.cato.org/
@charliesilver.bsky.social @charliesilver.bsky.social 
Lisa Simpson MB BCh @drsimpsonhsr.bsky.social Pediatrician, health services researcher, passionate advocate for use of evidence in policy; committed to diversity and equity in life, healthcare, and research...love to do yoga n cook!! #foodislove #cookingismyzen