Clea Bell @clea02.bsky.social KFF’s State Health Policy and Data
Scott Hulver @scotthulver.bsky.social Health policy analyst @KFF.org focusing on hospital access, affordability, and costs. Paw-rent 🐶, nature lover, board game enthusiast. They/them
Joseph Ross @jsross119.bsky.social Primary care physician/health policy research @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social; @ncspyale.bsky.social; healthy skeptic; @jama.com deputy editor; open science: YODAProject @yalecrrit.bsky.social @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social
Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social Economist at Carnegie Mellon focusing on organizations and incentives, markets, competition, and antitrust, and health care. Formerly at the Antitrust Division, DOJ and at the FTC. Daf Yomi learner. Antitrust, Economics, Talmud puns.
Claire Davenport @clairedavenport.bsky.social Producer, @armandalegshow.bsky.social. Manager @radiobootcamp.bsky.social. Lover of healthcare reporting, puns, & Oxford commas.
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Mollyann Brodie @mollybrodie.bsky.social @KFF.org EVP, COO & Exec Director, Public Opinion & Survey Research
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/
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
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.
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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social Educator, Author of The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It)
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
Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. www.stevenstrogatz.com
Betsey Stevenson @betseystevenson.bsky.social Former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at Labor. Current academic economist at Michigan. Always an economist at home.
Farzad Mostashari, MD @farzad-md.bsky.social Founder, Aledade
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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.
Beth McGinty @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social Health policy, especially for stigmatized populations. Chief of health policy and econ at Weill Cornell and founding director of the Cornell Health Policy Center (CHPC).
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Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social Health economist, SDOH financing focus, New Orleans resident, fan of St.Louis Cardinals and New Orleans Saints.
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.
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
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🏳️🌈
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Priya Chidambaram @preetabread.bsky.social Long-term care researcher at KFF
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
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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.
Tina Hoff @kristinahoff.bsky.social Senior Vice President / Executive Director, Social Impact Media @KFF.org
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Paul Starr @starrprospect.bsky.social Sociologist, Princeton University; co-founder, The American Prospect; author of books on history of American medicine; media; liberalism. Forthcoming: American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now.
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
Ann DeFabio @annontherun.bsky.social SVP and Chief Communications Officer @kff.org. Views are my own.
Tara Bannow @tarabannow.bsky.social Reporter covering hospitals, health insurance, & all things money + health care for @statnews.bsky.social. Love a good horror movie.
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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
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.
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.
Tradeoffs @tradeoffs.org Journalism that explores the complicated, costly, and often counterintuitive world of health care.
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Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social health economist, climber, biker, looking for my #econtwitter, #econsky, #surgtweets, #healthpolicyvalentines communities
Jared Ortaliza @jaredortaliza.bsky.social Policy Analyst @ KFF Program on the ACA | he/him | Views my own
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Anna G. Bahn @annagbahn.bsky.social 📍 Washington, DC • Digital strategy @kff.org • Latina, Texan, avid reader, ally, dog mom, wife, big sister • she/her • 🌈
Amaya Diana @amayadiana.bsky.social Medicaid Health Policy @ KFF, will post mostly about 1115 waivers. go birds.
Tricia Neuman @tricia-neuman.bsky.social Senior Vice President, KFF and Executive Director, Program on Medicare Policy
Alander Rocha @alander.bsky.social I write about Georgia policy and politics for @georgiarecorder.com / Tulane, UGA alum / dogcatdad / Got a tip? arocha@georgiarecorder.com or alander.01 on Signal
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Jonathan Rockoff @jonathanrockoff.bsky.social Deputy Corp Editor at @wsj.com. Board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Abby Abrams @abbyabrams.bsky.social Journalist covering health care and policy. Interested in reproductive health, disability, aging, health equity. Words in TIME, Guardian, Washington Post, Mother Jones, FiveThirtyEight, Women's Health.
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Ryan Levi @ryan-levi.bsky.social Reporter/producer at nonprofit health policy newsroom @tradeoffs.org.
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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social Executive Editor, KFF Health News
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Louise Norris @louisenorris.bsky.social Health policy analyst. Health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform. I write for healthinsurance.org, medicareresources.org, Verywell.com, and healthinsurancecolorado.net. She/Her
xpostfactoid @xpostfactoid.bsky.social Blogging mostly healthcare policy at http://xpostfactoid.substack.com. ACA implementation watcher. CSR czar. AKA Andrew Sprung.
Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social She/her. Award-winning health and science journalist. Investigative reporter at CIDRAP News. LizSzabo.30 on Signal. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/all-news
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.
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
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Former health care reporter @Marketplace
Philly.
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Charley E. Willison @charleywillison.bsky.social Health Politics & Local Politics | Assistant Professor at Cornell charleywillison.publichealth.cornell.edu |
Author of Ungoverned and Out of Sight: Public Health and the Political Crisis of Homelessness in the U.S
Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471
Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social Prof @umnsph.bsky.social; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of COMM HSP research team @commhsp.bsky.social. Wesleyan & UMich alum. Editor of @jhppl.bsky.social
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social President of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, formerly OMB/HHS, Nats fan, mom.
Ezra Klein @ezraklein.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times, host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast.
Dylan Scott @dylanlscott.bsky.social Senior correspondent covering health at Vox. Tips/pitches: dylan.scott@vox.com. Sign up for GOOD MEDICINE: https://www.vox.com/pages/good-medicine-newsletter-signup
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Neera Tanden @neeratanden.bsky.social Policy wonk, public servant, liberal, Indian American, mom, wife. Not in that order.
Feel lucky to serve Pres Biden and VP Harris.
Jeffrey Young @jeffreyyoung.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Modern Healthcare. Ex-HuffPost, The Hill, Bloomberg News. Pennsylvania native, Brooklyn denizen, William & Mary alumnus.
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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social Film/TV writer. Co-host: The Next Picture Show podcast. Author of The Reveal newsletter (thereveal.film) with Keith Phipps. I got a houseboat docked at the Himbo Dome.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Ashley Kirzinger @ashleykirzinger.bsky.social Pollster for KFF, Dog mom to Lemon and Poppy, Chicken mom to the Golden Girls
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social The Quarterly Journal of Economics is the oldest professional journal of Economics in the English language. Edited by the Department of Economics at Harvard.
KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.org.
Arnold Ventures @arnoldventures.bsky.social Maximize opportunity and minimize injustice.
Jesse Hassenger @rockmarooned.bsky.social Writer & editor & stuff.
Katie Rife @rifewithkatie.bsky.social You’ve seen me around. Writing all over: Letterboxd, Indiewire, AV Club, Vulture, Ebert, etc.
A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social Economist & public safety expert. Author, The Science of Second Chances. Host/author, @ProbCausation podcast & substack. Passionate about ROI.
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Hannah Neprash @hneprash.bsky.social Associate Prof @ UMN School of Public Health. Health economist. Formerly House Ways and Means + MedPAC.
PennMEHP @pennmehp.bsky.social This is the official account of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Lawrence Katz @lkatz42.bsky.social Economist studying labor markets, inequality, and economics of social problems
Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social Research Director at Public Citizen's Access to Medicines program.
Former journalist covering intersection of pharma, health policy & politics.
On Signal at SarahKarlinSmith.34
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Jessica Chang @jessicachang.bsky.social • Associate Director of Research at Health Care Cost Institute
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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social Off of social media for now
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com Yale SOM professor & Bulls fan. I study consumer finance, and econometrics is a big part of my research identity. He/him/his
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Matt Eisenberg @mattdeisenberg.bsky.social Health Economist. Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Research and Practice. Director, Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy. Department of Health Policy and Management. Johns Hopkins University.
Josh Gottlieb @gottliebecon.bsky.social Economist. Professor at University of Chicago, Harris Public Policy. I study the economics of healthcare — doctors, nurses, insurance, plus some labor and urban economics. www.gottlieb.ca
Damon Jones @nomadj1s.bsky.social economist | from NJ | he/him
Jacob Wallace @jacobwswallace.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Yale SPH and Sixers fan. Health economist whose research is focused on the Medicaid program.
Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social Professor @Harvard, Director @HarvardBizGov, Senior Fellow @PIIE, teaches Ec10, words @nytopinion, was Chair of President Obama's CEA. Some posts may be educational.
Joseph Dov Bruch @josephdovbruch.bsky.social Researching the financialization of health.
Assistant professor at @UChicago
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Ben Chartock @benchartock.bsky.social Economics Professor @ Bentley University. Studies the Health Care Industry. Formerly Wharton & FTC. https://www.BenChartock.com
Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social Economist at Questrom School of Business, Boston University. Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Co-author of "Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone."
Jeffrey Pearson @jpearson.bsky.social Health Services Researcher at ArborResearch.org | PhD from UMich | Interests: Health policy, Medicare, kidney disease, econometrics, program evaluation | Personal: Ann Arbor politics, Detroit Red Wings, hiking, kayaking, humor