Alan Weil

Alan Weil is editor in chief of Health Affairs, a leading American health policy journal, and directs the Aspen Institute’s Health Strategy Group. Previously, he was executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy; directed the Urban Institute’s Assessing the New Federalism project; held a cabinet position as executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, the state’s Medicaid agency; and was assistant general counsel in the Massachusetts Department of Medical Security. Weil is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, an appointed member of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, and a trustee of the Consumer Health Foundation.