Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at The New Republic, where he has been since 1997 and served for two years as the executive editor. He writes mainly about domestic politics and policy, with a particular focus on issues related to health care and social welfare. He's also a senior fellow at Demos and the author of Sick: The untold story of America's health care crisis--and the people who pay the price (HarperCollins). New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called it "a terrific new book on our dysfunctional health care system"; a review for Washington Post described Jonathan as "one of America's leading experts on health care policy."

Prior to coming to TNR Jonathan worked for six years at The American Prospect, where he remains a contributing editor. He has also written for the Boston Globe, Mother Jones, The New York Times, Slate, Washington Post and The Washington Monthly. From 2002 through 2004, he was a media fellow with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Jonathan has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR, among other outlets. He also does public speaking about health care policy, sometimes for money and before groups with a direct financial stake in the issue (including unions, physicians, nurses, consulting firms, and drug companies).

Jonathan grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and attended Harvard University, where he eventually became president of The Harvard Crimson and a devoted fan of the Boston Red Sox. He now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife and two children.