Also called: Health Policy Researcher
Analyzes health laws and programs like Medicare and Medicaid to improve care and costs.
Health policy analysts study drug prices, insurance coverage, and hospital costs. They might model how a change to Medicare would affect seniors or brief a lawmaker on a new health bill. Foundations like KFF are famous for this work.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in public health (MPH) or public policy.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Public Health, Economics, Health Administration, Public Policy.
Growing about average.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI crunches claims data and summarizes rules; translating it into politically workable proposals stays human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3099.
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