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Jonathan Scott Cohn (born 1969) is an American author and journalist who writes mainly on United States public policy and political issues. Formerly the executive editor ofThe American Prospect, a senior editor atThe New Republic, and a senior national correspondent atThe Huffington Post[1], in 2025 he began writing a newsletter, "The Breakdown",[2] published byThe Bulwark.[3]
Cohn was raised inFort Lauderdale,Florida, where he attendedPine Crest School. He went on to study atHarvard University, where he became president ofThe Harvard Crimson and graduated in 1991.[4]
Before joiningThe New Republic in 1997,[4] Cohn served as executive editor atThe American Prospect.[1] Cohn has also written for theBoston Globe,Mother Jones,The New York Times,Newsweek,Rolling Stone,Slate and theWashington Post.[1] He has been a media fellow at theHenry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.[4] and a senior fellow atDemos, and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He has appeared on television and radio shows, includingMSNBC's "Countdown,"NPR's "Fresh Air," and "The Colbert Report".[5]
Cohn's writings have especially focused on social welfare andhealth care.[4] He has been recognized in the pages of theWashington Post as "one of the nation's leading experts on health care policy"[6] and inThe New York Times as "one of the best health care writers out there".[7]
Cohn is the author of the 2007 book,Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis - and the People Who Pay the Price (2007).[8] InSick, Cohn advocates for universal health insurance, financed by the government.[9] It presents case studies that demonstrate how America's current system causes even many middle class Americans serious financial or medical hardship. It lays out a history of health insurance in America and points to the record of systems abroad, particularly in France.[9]
From early 2009 through the spring of 2010, Cohn edited and was the primary writer for "The Treatment", a blog about health care forThe New Republic. In May, 2010, he started a blog for "The New Republic" called "Citizen Cohn", a name he has kept for his Twitter feed.
In 2013, fellow health policy wonkHarold Pollack interviewed[10] Cohn, getting his take on the future of theAffordable Care Act, the ACA's proposedMedicaid expansion, and the 2012 elections. In 2021, Cohn published a book about the Affordable Care Act,The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage.[11]
Winner,AHCJ Excellence in Health Journalism (2013) for "The Robot Will See You Now"
Co-winner,Sidney Hillman Award (2010) for "The Treatment"
Special Mention, Sidney Hillman Award (2009) for "Auto Destruct"
Co-winner,Harry Chapin Media Award (2008) forSick
Finalist,Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and New York Public LibraryHelen Bernstein Award (2008) forSick
Cohn lived for many years in the Boston area before moving to his present home,Ann Arbor,Michigan with his wife,University of Michigan professor Amy Mainville Cohn. She is a professor and researcher in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan.[1]
Cohn was a member ofJournoList.
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