Location:  Washington, DC
Status:  Full-time; Exempt; 22-month term-limited position
Program Area: Programs on Medicare Policy, the ACA, and the Marketplace

Position Summary:

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a non-profit organization, is a leader in health policy analysis, polling and survey research, health journalism, and communication dedicated to filling the need for trusted information on national health issues.  KFF serves as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. KFF is seeking a Policy Analyst to work jointly with the Medicare, ACA, and Marketplace teams on a new initiative analyzing issues related to rate setting, health care costs and affordability.

Specifically, the Policy Analyst’s responsibilities will include:

• Working with senior staff to conduct qualitative and quantitative research on issues related to rate setting, health care costs and affordability in the context of proposals to create a Medicare for all system or a public option, including performing data management and basic statistical analyses, synthesizing existing literature, and conducting background research for specific analytic projects;
• Co-authoring KFF policy briefs and other publications, including developing figures, tables, charts and other data visualizations, and writing fact sheets, policy briefs, and other documents;
• Assisting in tracking grant performance and managing grant reporting requirements and deadlines;
• Keeping abreast of new policy developments related to rate setting, health care costs, and affordability, including tracking relevant news sources, social media updates, journal articles, Congressional hearings, and briefings;
• Assisting with communication strategies to disseminate work produced by the team; and
• Helping to respond to media and email inquiries about project-related work.