Heidi Ross @heidinross.bsky.social ❤ domestic and global health policy
Punchbowl News @punchbowlnews.bsky.social Subscribe at http://punchbowl.news. Power. People. Politics. #punchbowlnews
Missouri Budget Project @mobudget.bsky.social Informing public policy decisions through objective research and analysis of state budget, tax and economic issues
David Machledt @machledtdc.bsky.social Give me a bike, time to adventure, and family and friends to share it with. Also, a lot of health policy, but the views here are my own.
Mark Zandi @markzandi.bsky.social Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics. Host of the Inside Economics podcast. Co-founder of Economy.com. Views expressed here are my own.
Joseph Benitez, PhD @jbenitezphd.bsky.social Health Economist at UK Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. Health, healthcare policy, and the Medicaid program.
The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com Data, charts, analysis and games from The New York Times: nytimes.com/upshot
Drew Altman @drewaltman.bsky.social President and CEO of @kff.org; Executive Publisher of @kffhealthnews.org
@maxposner.bsky.social @maxposner.bsky.social
Ryan D. Edwards @ryandedwards.bsky.social Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
@laurafong.bsky.social @laurafong.bsky.social
Arielle Zionts @ajzionts.bsky.social ✏️: Rural Health Reporter @KFFHealthNews.org
📍: Rapid City
✉️: ariellez@kff.org
🚨 Signal: Zionts_RuralHealthNews.22
😍: Story ideas, outdoors, animals, reading, history, art, gravel+mtn biking
❗️: RT means worth reading/knowing, not agreement
Capital Weather @capitalweather.com D.C.'s Trusted Weather Team
http://www.capitalweather.com | info@capitalweather.com
ZENITH Ultimate @zenithultimate.bsky.social Colorado College’s gender inclusive ultimate team that plays in the women’s division
@stevepo21.bsky.social @stevepo21.bsky.social
Mollyann Brodie @mollybrodie.bsky.social @KFF.org EVP, COO & Exec Director, Public Opinion & Survey Research
Amber Christ @amberchrist.bsky.social Managing Director, Health Advocacy @justiceinaging.org
Posting on all things Medicare and Medicaid for older adults. Sprinkles of humor, music, & VW Buses. She/her
Kansas Citian
Rebecca Adams @rebeccaadamsdc.bsky.social WP Intelligence health reporter, part of The Washington Post. Former KFF Health News partnerships editor. Other media outlets can use KFF Health News stories for free under these guidelines: https://kffhealthnews.org/syndication/
Carleton Ultimate Team @cutrules.bsky.social 2001 - 2009 - 2011 - 2017 - 2025
Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark.
I also raise money for Dems.
🏥 https://ACASignups.net
🔵 https://Blue26.org
Katherine Hempstead @khemp.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Author of “Uncovered: The Story of Insurance in America.”
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 @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.
Loren Adler @lorenadler.bsky.social Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy | mostly health econ, occasionally budgets or Knicks- J Joanne Kenen @joannekenen.bsky.social Journalist in residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Contributor @politico magazine. KFF “What the Health” podcast. Forthcoming book on
media, misinformation, public health. I write about birth, death and everything in between.
Dania Palanker @ipersist.bsky.social Cisgendered supporter of transgender rights.
Health insurance, disability equity, pain policy
Kat McGowan @mcgowankat.bsky.social Journalist reporting on caregiving. Also, pictures of owls, crows and Mr. Peanut. www.katmcgowan.com.
William Schpero @wschpero.bsky.social Associate professor @weillcornell.bsky.social. Health economist studying Medicaid, the health care safety net, and inequity.
Website: williamschpero.com
Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social Epidemiologist, lover of the ocean and ice cream. Mom of two toddlers. Founder of “Your Local Epidemiologist”. https//yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz.bsky.social Covering health care at @nytimes.com. Enjoy metaphors. Dislike mixed metaphors.
Reach me on Signal: sangerkatz.01
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Arielle Levin Becker @ariellelb.bsky.social Fond of health equity, the free press, Muppets, Cubs, Jets, caffeine. Chicago native, social media nomad. Opinions mine.
Dan Weissmann @danweissmann.bsky.social Reporter. I make @armandalegshow — a podcast and newsletter about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can maybe do about it.
Distributed by KUOW - Seattle's NPR station.
www.armandalegshow.com
Amaya Diana @amayadiana.bsky.social Medicaid Health Policy @ KFF, will post mostly about 1115 waivers. go birds.
Arielle Mir @ariellemir.bsky.social Coach, Connector, and Community Builder
Posting about the hustle for good, also, cats, kids, cooking, and Takoma Park
Jonathan Rockoff @jonathanrockoff.bsky.social Deputy Corp Editor at @wsj.com. Board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social Health Policy & Health Econ
Professor, WashU, School Public Health
Co-Director Center for Advancing Health Services Policy&Economics Research).
https://source.washu.edu/experts/timothy-mcbride/
Substack: https://timothymcbride.substack.com/
Views my own.
Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
Chris Lee @chrisleedc.bsky.social Senior Communications Officer at KFF, ex-reporter at The Washington Post and The Dallas Morning News, teller of Dad jokes.
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.
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
Dan Gorenstein @dgorenstein.bsky.social Founder & Executive Editor @Tradeoffs.
Former health care reporter @Marketplace
Philly.
tradeoffs.org
Tips: dgorenstein@tradeoffs.org
Judy Graham @judygraham.bsky.social Investigative reporter, national correspondent, columnist. Interested in all things having to do with the healthcare system. And aging. Knitter, potter, hiker, daily cook. Chicago-born. Now a Rocky Mountain gal.
Lucy C. Dagneau @lucydagneau.bsky.social Medicaid advocacy at ACS CAN. Single issue tweeter until all states close the Medicaid gap. We made a film about the coverage gap! Check it out: https://www.indueseasonfilm.com/
JoNel Aleccia @jnaleccia.bsky.social Health reporter covering food and nutrition at The Associated Press. Also: mom, Gaga, fan of cats and caffeine.
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.
Heidi Allen @prof-heidiallen.bsky.social Associate Professor at Columbia University, ❤️ Medicaid and all things health policy. Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.
Matt Fiedler @mattafiedler.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. Former Chief Economist for Council of Economic Advisers.
Tina Hoff @kristinahoff.bsky.social Senior Vice President / Executive Director, Social Impact Media @KFF.org
Reposts ≠ endorsements
Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social I study and teach health policy @Princeton. Still figuring this site out.
Bruce Lesley @brucelesley.bsky.social Proud father of 4. Child advocate. President of First Focus on Children & First Focus Campaign for Children. Basketball fanatic. Kids Can't Wait on Substack. #InvestInKids #VoteKids
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
Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
Heather Saunders @heathersaunders.bsky.social Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Policy | Program on Medicaid and Uninsured | Senior Research Manager @KFF
Ryan Levi @ryan-levi.bsky.social Reporter/producer at nonprofit health policy newsroom @tradeoffs.org.
tradeoffs.org
Tips: rlevi@tradeoffs.org
Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social Journalist. Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Truth is not liberal bias. Facts matter, but stories stick. maggie.34 on Signal maggiefox.com
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/maggie-fox/
onehealthtrust.org podcast host
Sheri Fink @sherifink.bsky.social Author: Five Days at Memorial, War Hospital. EP, Pandemic (Netflix); producer, Five Days at Memorial (Appletvplus). @nytimes.com. MD, PhD. Sherifink.net/bio
Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social Deputy climate editor at @nytimes.com
Bob Wachter @bobwachter.bsky.social Chair, UCSF Dept of Medicine. Career: What happens when a poli sci major becomes an academic physician. Author, "A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future." Hubby/Dad/Grandpa/Golfer
Kenneth Baer @kennethbaer.bsky.social Founder Crosscut Strategies and Democracy Journal, former Associate Director at WH OMB, author of Reinventing Democrats, reformed speechwriter.
Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social Journalist covering the F.D.A. for The New York Times. Loves: The outdoors, a juicy investigation, spicy food & my most of all, my boys.
Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD @zekeemanuel.bsky.social Penn professor, bioethicist, oncologist, and New York Times bestselling author of "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life."
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social I write "Being There" on Substack and a column for The Guardian. Veteran of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Washington Post. Author of "The Price of Everything" and "American Poison." https://substack.com/@eduardoelreportero
Zach Levinson @zlevs100.bsky.social Project Director of the KFF Project on Hospital Costs
https://www.kff.org/person/zachary-levinson/
Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social Covering politics, policy and power in health care for POLITICO New York
Tips: mkaufman@politico.com or mayakaufman.11 on Signal
Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social Senior editor @propublica.org.
Former Washington Post deputy health & science editor and race & economy reporter. Former Boston Globe national political reporter.
https://www.propublica.org/people/tracy-jan
Tara Bannow @tarabannow.bsky.social Reporter covering hospitals, health insurance, & all things money + health care for @statnews.bsky.social. Love a good horror movie.
Let's chat! tara.bannow@statnews.com
Anthony Wright @awright2care.bsky.social Executive Director, Families USA.
Longtime health care consumer advocate working to make health care & coverage more accessible and affordable, and for health & economic security & justice, for all.
Views my own. Go Yankees, Kings, Mammoths, and Sagehens.
Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social Executive Editor, KFF Health News
Read and republish everything we do for $0: https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us/
Florida man | Never cruise
*I do not respond to most PR pitches*
AlexW@kff.org
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/
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.
Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social Emergency Medicine Doc | Mom | Health Services Research | Public Health
Preserving a modicum of peace where I can. If engagement is not respectful, I will block.
Doug Norris @goaliehistory.bsky.social Staff fellow, Society of Actuaries education. Health actuary. Hockey historian. PhD mathematician. High-altitude hiker. Seattle sports fan in Denver.
Had two accounts on the bird site - will probably do some of each here, disappointing everyone.
Joe Lawlor @joelawlorph.bsky.social I am the health and human services reporter for the Press Herald in Maine.
Kristen Broady @kelizbro.bsky.social Economist | Professor | Artist | Chicagoan
ASU💜💛 & JSU💙🤍 Alum | 1908
Views are my own🏳️🌈
Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social Covering RFK Jr., MAHA, health policy & politics for @nytimes. Former Congress & White House Correspondent (Bush & Obama). Peloton aficionado, amateur painter, dog lover, mom. Tips: stolberg@nytimes.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.
Anna Edney @annaedney.bsky.social National health care reporter, Bloomberg News. Opinions are my own.
Joshua Sharfstein @drjoshs.bsky.social Posting on public health topics … some interesting photos if I manage to take them … & occasionally the Baltimore Orioles.
Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social Staff writer at the New Republic (third tour), former Politico, former Slate, former Wall Street Journal, former Newsweek, former Washington Monthly, former US News and World Report, plus some other places. (I get around.)
Maya Goldman @maya-goldman.bsky.social Axios health care reporter
maya.goldman@axios.com
Signal: mayagold.57 or 646-820-5874
Audrey Morse Gasteier @amgasteier.bsky.social Mama & Massachusettsian who loves the ACA, state-based insurance marketplaces, good public policy, cooking, loud music, and dogs. Views are my own.
Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social Senior Health Reporter @law360. Previously Kentucky state government and politics. Proud nyguild.bsky.social mark.payne@law360.com (retweets ≠ endorsement)
Rachel Weiss @rachelweiss.bsky.social Mom | DC | Alum: CMS, HHS, UHG, Leavitt Partners & Deloitte | Health Policy | Bravo Enthusiast | Fantasy Football Addict | Thoughts my own
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
Liz Williams @liz-williams.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager | KFF's Program on Medicaid & Uninsured | she/her
✿ views are my own ✿
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Tradeoffs @tradeoffs.org Journalism that explores the complicated, costly, and often counterintuitive world of health care.
New podcast episodes every Thursday, hosted by Dan Gorenstein.
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Tricia Neuman @tricia-neuman.bsky.social Senior Vice President, KFF and Executive Director, Program on Medicare Policy
KFF @kff.org The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
Reed Abelson @reedabelson.bsky.social Health care reporter for NYTimes — following money and misdeeds in medicine. Very fond of dogs, old movies and mysteries. Give me a shout at abelson@nytimes.com.
Colleen Barry @colleenlbarry.bsky.social Inaugural Dean of the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy | Researcher and Expert of Mental Health, Addiction Policy, and Policy Communication
Michelle Mills @michelle99.bsky.social Health policy + government + technology + libraries. Sometimes food & politics. Former CMS under 43 & 44.
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.
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.
Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Health Policy @centeronbudget. Former Dep. Director for Economic Policy at OMB. Music lover. Views expressed are my own.
Emily Peck @emilypeck.bsky.social Axios reporter, Slate Money host. I'm back on coffee.
Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness.
Find me on Signal: username dan_diamond.01
Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social Writer at The Bulwark
Author of The Ten Year War
Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines & Billy Joel
Proud husband & dad
Email cohn [at] thebulwark.com
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