On January 16, 2025, Paragon’s Ryan Long participated in an Axios Q & A.
From the article:
Ryan Long spent years on the Hill as a health care aide for lawmakers including former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Now he’s joined Paragon Health Institute as director of congressional relations and senior research fellow.
- Long spoke with Victoria about the year ahead for health and the legislative outlook. The remarks have been edited for length and clarity.
Why join Paragon now?
I was up on the Hill at the inception of Paragon. So I saw the type of team they built, and a lot of people I respected, and [had] done a lot of great work and a lot of great research on free market health care policy.
- And so when there was an opportunity … it just felt like the right fit at the right time.… 2025 is going to be a really busy year in health care policy and having an ability to hopefully be engaged in that part of the process. I thought, one, it would be fun, but two, it’s important.
