Dean’s List: Go-To Health Policy Experts
Fellow activists and bloggers:
Here’s a handy list of some of the very best right-of-center experts and resources on ObamaCare and health policy.
(I’ve purposely avoided including experts who are already well known, in favor of ones who deserve to be better known.)
If you know of someone who should be added to this list, or would like to update this information, just send me an email at dclancy@freedomworks.org.
Dean
Dean Clancy is FreedomWorks’ Legislative Counsel and Vice President, Health Care Policy. He leads our efforts to replace the government takeover of health care with a patient-centered system.
Updated: June 27, 2012
Charles Blahous | Mercatus Center | Arlington, VA | Media contact: 703-993-4960 | Twitter: @mercatus | Bio: http://mercatus.org/charles-blahous | Areas of expertise: Budgetary costs, entitlements.
Michael Cannon | Cato Institute | Director of Health Policy Studies | Washington, DC | Media contact: 202-789-5200 | Email: mcannon@cato.org | Twitter: @mfcannon | Bio: http://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon | Areas of expertise: Health insurance, health reform, Medicare, Medicaid, ObamaCare, exchanges, repeal coalition, HSAs, Health Savings Accounts, PPACA
Dean Clancy | FreedomWorks | Legislative Counsel and Vice President, Health Care Policy | Washington, DC | Email: dclancy@freedomworks.org | Media contact: 202-942-7652 | Twitter: @deanclancy | V-card: deanclancy.tel | Bio: http://www.freedomworks.org/dean-clancy-biography | Areas of expertise: politics, strategy, tea party, free-market health care reform, HillaryCare, ObamaCare, exchanges, repeal coalition, Supreme Court, constitutionality, PPACA
Benjamin Domenech | Heartland Institute | Research Fellow, Health Care | Contact: 312-377-4000 | Twitter: @bdomenech | Email: bdomenech@heartland.org | Areas of expertise: politics, strategy, tea party, free-market health care reform, ObamaCare, repeal coalition, exchanges, Supreme Court, constitutionality, PPACA
Ryan Ellis | Americans for Tax Reform | Contact: 202-785-0266 | Email: rellis@atr.org | Bio: http://economy.nationaljournal.com/contributors/Ellis.php | Areas of expertise: Taxes, ObamaCare, PPACA, HSAs, FSAs, tax treatment of health insurance
Nicole Fisher | American Action Forum | Healthcare Expert | Email: nicole.f.fisher@gmail.com Bio: http://americanactionforum.org/experts/nicole-fisher | Areas of expertise: Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, women’s health, children’s health, health insurance, health regulation, ObamaCare, PPACA
Linda Gorman | Independence Institute | Senior Fellow and Director of Health Care Policy | Media contacts: 303-279-6536 | Email: linda@i2i.org | Bio: http://www.i2i.org/lindagorman.php | Areas of expertise: Health economics, health insurance, health reform, Medicare, Medicaid, ObamaCare, exchanges, HSAs, Health Savings Accounts, PPACA
John R. Graham | Pacific Research Institute | Director, Health Care Studies | Executive Director, Benjamin Rush Society | San Francisco, CA | Email: jgraham@pacificresearch.org | Twitter: @johnrgraham | Bio: http://www.pacificresearch.org/keypeople/john-r-graham | Areas of expertise: free-market health care reform, ObamaCare, repeal coalition, exchanges, PPACA
Karen Harned | National Federation of Independent Business | Media contact: 202-554-9000 | Email: karen.harned@nfib.org | Twitter: @nfib | Bio: http://www.nfib.com/legal-center/about-the-legal-center/executive-director | Areas of expertise: Areas of expertise: Constitutionality, Supreme Court
Spencer Harris | Texas Public Policy Foundation | Health Care Policy Analyst | Media contact: (512) 472-2700 | Email: sharris@texaspolicy.com | Areas of expertise: Health insurance regulation, Medicaid
Loren Heal | Heartland Institute | Twitter: @lheal
Hadley Heath | Independent Women’s Forum | Senior Health Policy Analyst | Contact: 202-857-5201 | Email: hadley.heath@iwf.org | Bio: http://www.iwf.org/about/hadley-heath | Areas of expertise: Constitutionality, Supreme Court , health care politics, views of women, PPACA, ObamaCare
Christie Herrera | Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) | Vice President of Policy | Contact: 202-725-7127 | Email: christie@floridafga.org | URL: www.floridafga.org | Areas of expertise: ObamaCare, exchanges, states, Medicaid
[Note: Ms. Herrera was formerly the top health policy staffer at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Her successor there is Sean Riley | 202-742-8541 | sriley@alec.org]
Christopher Jacobs | Joint Economic Committee | Contact: 202-224-5171 | Email: Chris_Jacobs@jec.senate.gov | Website: http://jec.senate.gov/republicans/public/ | Areas of expertise: free-market health care reform, HillaryCare, ObamaCare, repeal coalition, exchanges, Medicare, Medicaid, PPACA
Mario Loyola | Center for Tenth Amendment Studies | Director | Email: mloyola@texaspolicy.com | Areas of expertise: Constitutionality, Supreme Court, states
Michael Ramlet | American Action Forum | Director of Health Policy | Washington, DC | Media contact: 202-559-6420 | Email: mramlet@americanactionforum.org | Twitter: @michaelramlet @morningconsult | Bio: http://americanactionforum.org/experts/michael-ramlet | Areas of expertise: Budgetary costs, employer mandate, employer dumping, PPACA
Roy Ramthun | Council for Affordable Health Insurance | Email: roy@hsaconsultingservices.com | Contact: (202) 747-4467 | Areas of expertise: HSAs, Health Savings Accounts, FSAs, tax, CDHPs, consumer-driven health plans, health insurance regulation, high risk pools, pre-existing conditions, PPACA
Avik S. A. Roy | Manhattan Institute | Senior Fellow | Contact: 212-599-7000 | Email: aroy@manhattan-institute.org | Areas of expertise: free-market health care reform, HillaryCare, ObamaCare, exchanges, repeal coalition, Supreme Court, constitutionality, Medicaid, Medicare, entitlements, HSAs, Health Savings Accounts, FSAs, CDHPs, consumer-driven health plans, health insurance regulation, high risk pools, pre-existing conditions, PPACA
Greg Scandlen | Real Health Reform | Contact: 301-606-7364 | Email: GMScan@comcast.net | BIo: http://gregscandlen.wordpress.com/about/ | Areas of expertise: free-market health care reform, HillaryCare, ObamaCare, exchanges, repeal coalition, Supreme Court, constitutionality, health insurance regulation, HSAs, Health Savings Accounts, FSAs, CDHPs, consumer-driven health plans, high risk pools, pre-existing conditions
Kathryn Serkes | Doctor Patient Medical Association | Contact: (703) 955-4978 or (202) 744-8807 (note: these numbers ring to the group’s executive director, Kelly Benedetti) | Bio: http://www.doctorsandpatients.org/who-we-are/kathryn-serkes | Areas of expertise: ObamaCare, physicians, physician attitudes and surveys, doctor-patient relationship, repeal coalition
Carrie Severino | Judicial Crisis Network | Chief Counsel & Policy Director | Media contact: 703-683-5004 x136 or x116 | Email: info@judicialnetwork.com | Bio: http://judicialnetwork.com/?q=about/carrie-severino | Areas of expertise: Supreme Court, constitutionality, ObamaCare, judicial issues, judicial nominations
Steve Simpson | Institute for Justice | Senior Attorney | Media contact: 703-682-9320 x205 | Email: ssimpson@ij.org | Twitter: @ij | Bio: http://www.ij.org/staff/ssimpson | Areas of expertise: Areas of expertise: Constitutionality, Supreme Court
Sean Trende | Real Clear Politics | Senior Elections Analyst | Email: strende@realclearpolitics.com | Areas of expertise: Constitutionality, Supreme Court
Kipp A. Van Camp, M.D. | Family Physician and interventional radiologist | Author: Misdiagnosis: A Practicing Physician’s Case Study in Health Care Reform (Cognitive Publishing, 2011). | Email: drkipp1262@gmail.com | Phone: 785-806-3951 | Website: www.drkipp.com | Address: 1434 SW Glick Road, Topeka, KS 66615 | Areas of expertise: ObamaCare, physicians, health-care reform