Billy Wynne J.D.

Founder & Chairman

A.B., Dartmouth College; J.D., University of Virginia

Billy Wynne is a nationally respected strategic advisor to elite health care organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, marquee health systems, and prominent foundations. After building one of Washington’s largest health policy practice, he and his team established the Wynne Health Group in January 2018, which became Impact Health Policy Partners in 2023.

Prior to his private sector career, Billy served as Health Policy Counsel to the Senate Finance Committee where he was a key drafter and negotiator of several health care laws and assisted in the development of the health care reform “White Papers” that served as the basis for the Affordable Care Act. He has published several dozen articles in Health Affairs and other platforms, often appears on cable news, and is frequently cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, and other publications.

Billy is also a social impact entrepreneur, having founded Policy Hub, the only comprehensive aggregator of federal health policy analysis, the Public Option Institute, which is dedicated to providing clear analysis of public option programs and recommending best practices, and Awake, Colorado’s first alcohol-free bar and spirit store.

Billy received a bachelor’s degree in Government from Dartmouth College and a law degree from the University of Virginia. He has served on several boards, including Operation Smile, Chinese Children Adoption International, and the Zen Center of Denver.

When he’s not working in Washington, Billy lives in Denver, CO with his wife, Christy, and their children, Eleanor and Lei.

The Arduous Road to Renewal of CHIP Funding

By Billy Wynne | February 12, 2018

After months of uncertainty, on January 22, 2018, Congress passed legislation renewing long-term federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Nearly nine million children and 370,000 pregnant women nationwide rely on the program for health coverage. This post examines the pathway renewal of the program took through considerable delays and political controversies.

Navigating The Section 1332 Waiver Process: For States, A Treacherous Road Ahead

By Billy Wynne | January 12, 2018

The Alexander-Murray Market Stabilization Package: What’s In It And Where’s It Going?

By Billy Wynne | October 17, 2017

They may have done it. The apocryphal bipartisan deal to “fix” Obamacare is being struck (at least by two important Senators, for now, in part …). Today, Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Patty Murray of Washington announced they are converging on an agreement on a short-term package to help stabilize the individual insurance market. Even better, the policies…

In Health Affairs, Billy Wynne Breaks Down the Alexander-Murray Market Stabilization Package

By Billy Wynne | October 17, 2017

Yesterday, Thorn Run’s Billy Wynne co-authored a post on the Health Affairs blog that outlined the prospects of the Alexander-Murray stabilization package. The blog post — which was co-authored by Timothy Jost, a professor at Washington and Lee University School of law — provides an in-depth look at the policies that are expected to be in the short-term stabilization...

Senate Bill Isn’t “Better Care” for Anyone

By Billy Wynne | June 23, 2017

With the release of the Senate’s “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA),” the public finally gets a glimpse of legislation crafted in utter secrecy for the past two months, and now we know why. Despite the fanfare and feigned earnestness of the upper chamber’s efforts to improve on the “mean” House-passed American Health Care…

CBO and America’s AHCA Headache

By Billy Wynne | May 25, 2017

The much-anticipated Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the GOP’s effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) released yesterday, indicates that the bill would cause 23 million people to become uninsured while reducing the federal deficit by $119 billion. In that sense, there is little change from their assessment of…

The Bipartisan ‘Single Payer’ Solution: Medicare Advantage Premium Support For All

By Billy Wynne | May 11, 2017

In my last Health Affairs Blog post, I outlined a potentially bipartisan four-step plan to move past the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA’s) disastrous framework toward a more stable, less expensive health care system. For those seeking incremental, near-term solutions, I hope those recommendations provide helpful guidance. But the AHCA’s reckless drive through the US House of Representatives…

100 Days of Health Care

By Billy Wynne | May 3, 2017

Before November 8, no one anticipated that health care would be the predominant focus of the next president’s first 100 days. Now, let the record reflect, that is precisely what has happened. What have we learned in the process and what do we have to show for it? The latter question is easier to answer:…

What Now?: A Four Step Plan For Bipartisan Health Reform

By Billy Wynne | April 4, 2017

As I concluded in my Health Affairs Blog post last Monday, it should be clearer now than ever that new steps to improve our health care system must be pursued on a bipartisan basis. In the past week, several Members of Congress and the President himself have expressed interest in finding consensus solutions to the challenges we face. Democrats, meanwhile, have responded in…

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