Drew Altman

President and CEO of @KFF; Executive Publisher of @KFFHealthNews

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

@larry_levitt @brian_blase @KFF @Mollybrodie Brian thanks so much

[KFF @KFF]

Dr. @DrewAltman shared more about KFF and what’s ahead:

[Molly Brodie @Mollybrodie]

Drew built KFF into a trusted, independent source of health policy information, and I’m excited to continue working with @larry_levitt to lead this organization of talented staff.

KFF will continue our focus on how health policies and the health care system affect real people.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

I’ve worked with @DrewAltman for a long time and am grateful for his vision in building @KFF. There are many health policy challenges ahead, and I look forward to leading KFF with @Mollybrodie to provide timely facts through our independent and trusted research and journalism.

[KFF @KFF]

After nearly 40 years shaping the national health policy landscape, our founding president and CEO, Dr. Drew Altman, has announced he will retire at the end of the year.

Under Dr. @DrewAltman’s leadership, KFF has become the nation’s leading independent source of health care policy information, anchoring pivotal debates with rigorous, nonpartisan research, polling, and reporting.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

@larry_levitt and @Mollybrodie have worked hand in glove with me to provide strategic direction for and oversee KFF, and I trust they will sustain what we have built.

They will be the perfect leadership team for KFF’s next chapter. https://t.co/QK7vYZILJ8

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Nothing was certain when I came to California to start KFF with little more than an idea. Now 37 years later, @KFF is at the height of its effectiveness, and I have the perfect opportunity, thanks to our board, to hand over leadership to Larry Levitt and Molly Brodie next year.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

When Hale Champion, Barbara Jordan, Joe Califano, and others hired me in 1990 to chart the future here, they took the decision incredibly seriously. Today’s board exceeded even that high standard.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

As a Boston guy and MIT PhD, Harvard has long been known as hard to get in to (except for athletes) and easy to get through. But this is a mixed bag that will have negative consequences for many motivated students who want to explore different fields. https://t.co/vgJbGS6uK8

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Corner gas station Menlo Park CA. Can anyone top this?

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Parts of MAHA can be very influential (think pesticides), but is it a coherent movement or a voting block.. more than a name? My column: https://t.co/0iwLHFePcY

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

There are many MAHAs, with different priorities. They have too many different interests to be a movement or a single voting block. Their top priority is health care costs, like other voters, but their leaders don’t talk about costs much. My new column: https://t.co/0iwLHFePcY

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

@JayRughani No fan of consultants. But 15 yrs is a long time and there are many other reasons to use them, including keeping management staff smaller and navigating internal politics.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary of Health were combined in ‘77 under the great Julius Richmond giving the SG much more than a podium, but separated again with the star power of Everett Koop in ‘81. Chief doctor for HHS, for the nation, or both?

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

How can candidates reach voters on health care? Show they care? Have a plan? Not so much.

Some surprising clues from polling in my new column: https://t.co/vxWgamZgtN

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

The biggest change in health care over my long career - the gradual shift from a nonprofit to a largely for profit system, including most non-profits who are driven by maximizing revenues. Whose different? A small number of critical safety net hospitals and community clinics.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Hospitals are responsible for the largest share of cost increases but have largely had it easy while drug and insurance companies have been villainized. They ARE more popular, but their armor may now be thinning.

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

@aawayne @dariustahir @APStylebook Well not according to AI;) “For formal writing, the safest default is health care as two words; healthcare is often used as one word in industry names or some publications.”