Jackson Hammond is a Senior Policy Analyst at Paragon Health Institute. He has been active in the federal and state health policy space since 2017.
Prior to joining Paragon, Jackson was a health care policy analyst for American Action Forum (AAF). While at AAF, his work focused on payer issues including private insurance, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage. Furthermore, Jackson wrote extensively about the 340B Program and contributed to AAF’s research on a variety of drug pricing issues.
Jackson has also worked as a health care policy advisor for the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee. In addition, he served for three years in Congress as an aide to members, first as legislative correspondent for Senator Todd Young (R-IN) and then as legislative assistant to Representative Jim Baird (R-IN). Jackson received an A.B. in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis.