Summer Internship- Health Program

Background
BPC’s Health Program is dedicated to bringing together policymakers, providers, and industry stakeholders for substantive collaboration to improve health care quality and coverage, enhance prevention and public health, and accelerate the use of health IT. Improving our current health system requires an understanding of the sensitive political climate around health reform, the relationship between federal, state, & local governments, the importance of prevention, and the ever-evolving role of technology and innovation in health care delivery.

Responsibilities
Prospective BPC Interns may work in one of two areas within the Health Program: Coverage & Payment or Prevention & Innovation. The intern will work with project staff on writing fact sheets and blogs, policy research, event planning, congressional tracking, communications tasks, and administrative responsibilities, as needed. Topics of research and policy recommendations for each team is as follows:

Coverage & Payment

• Developing solutions to reform the nation’s public and private health care systems.
• Promoting policies that increase efficiency of service delivery in Medicare and Medicaid.
• Developing recommendations to promote the integration of behavioral health and primary care services.
• Advancing recommendations to improve access to long-term services and supports for those with complex needs.
• Addressing infrastructure, workforce, and health IT barriers to health care services in rural areas.

Prevention & Innovation

• Working with traditionally non-health federal agencies to support a “health in all policies approach” focused on the multiple determinants of health.
• Engaging large employers to improve the health of individuals and communities and fostering linkages between business and public health.
• Working with state Medicaid agencies and private insurers to improve reimbursement for obesity services.
• Identifying ways to improve nutrition in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
• Increasing investments in treatments for unmet or public health needs, and promoting policies that accelerate safe and effective treatments through the Food and Drug Administration
• Accelerating interoperability and the use of health information technology and other digital technologies to support patients, new models of care, research, and improvements in population health.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate school
• Strong research and writing skills
• Efficient worker with ability to multi-task
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Strong interest in health policy issues

SUMMER PROGRAM

BPC has a robust summer program. Interns work full time, and will receive a $4,500 stipend for ten weeks of work. Interns must be rising juniors or above. Applicants must currently be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. Interns will provide functional support, conduct research, and work directly with project analysts and staff in various capacities.  *Please note that our Summer internship will be completely virtual*

APPLICATION PROCESS 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until a qualified candidate has been identified. Please do not send multiple submissions. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Due to the number of applications received, we are unable to contact those who have not been selected for an internship. No phone calls, please. Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply but must have a valid work permit or visa verifying eligibility to work in the United States. We do not offer visa sponsorship.  

Required materials (please submit as one PDF File):

• Cover Letter – please indicate your two areas of interest from BPC’s project and functional areas listed above.

• Resume.

• Relevant writing sample (3-5 pages).

• College or university transcript (unofficial is acceptable).

• Phone and email contact information for two professional references, including a professor or other individual familiar with your work. 

• Brief response to our Diversity statement on what it means to you (5-8 sentences).  

APPLICATION DEADLINE

 • Summer internships: April 1st  

BPC Diversity Statement  

The Bipartisan Policy Center defines diversity as the range of human qualities that make us unique as individuals, including—but not limited to—age, disability, ethnicity, gender expression, geographic location, nationality, political philosophy, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. 

To celebrate diversity and ensure equity and inclusivity, BPC is committed to:

• Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce with insights and solutions for our increasingly divided society.

• Creating a workplace culture where all employees feel valued and their perspectives are heard.

• Developing policy solutions and undertaking research that reflect a diversity of thought and experience.

These commitments will help us to fulfill our mission and foster bipartisanship more effectively.