Spring 2027 Health Policy Intern

Marshall University; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) offers a Spring internship in health policy, with remote work in the U.S. and optional in‑person days for Washington, DC area interns.

The intern will assist in research, data collection, and analysis related to ACA, Medicaid, CHIP, and federal/state budgets, and will help translate policy into public products through writing or graphics work. Applicants should be undergrad/grad students or recent graduates committed to CBPP’s mission.

Qualifications

• Interest in health care policy and familiarity with ACA, Medicaid, CHIP.
• Basic quantitative and analytic skills; ability to synthesize data.
• Experience translating policy into public products through writing or graphics work.
• Understanding of CBPP’s mission and interest in improving health care for low‑income families.

Responsibilities

• Assist in research, data collection, and management.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis to inform policy.
• Support problem solving to understand effects of policies on budgets and families.
• Contribute to CBPP’s mission to advance racial equity in health policy.

Skills

Policy interest

Quantitative analytics

Policy writing/graphics

Understanding CBPP mission

Health policy familiarity

Education

Undergrad/grad student or recent graduate

Job description

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis, developing evidence-based policy ideas and strategies, shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels, and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; immigrants; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people. CBPP is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous, timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.

The Health Policyteamisactivelyinvolvedin policy discussions related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid,theChildren’sHealthInsuranceProgram (CHIP), and other health care issues that affect low- and moderate-income families. TheHealthPolicyIntern assists in all aspects of this process, including research, qualitative and quantitative analysis, data collection and management, and strategic problem solving, with the goalof understanding how various administrative policies and legislative proposalsaffect families and federal and state budgets.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated interest in health care policy and general familiarity with the ACA, Medicaid, andCHIP.Basic quantitative and analytic skills and the ability to synthesize largeamountsof data.Experience translating policy into public products through writing or graphics work preferred.Understandingofand appreciation for CBPP’s mission andaninterest in improving health care for low-income familiesand individuals.Basic familiarity with U.S. health insurance infrastructure.Education:current undergraduate students, graduate/PhD students, or recent graduates. Coursework in health care policy, social statistics, or research methods.Successful interns will have a commitment to CBPP’s missionto improve the well-being of low- and moderate-income people and advance racial equity.

To expand the diversity of voices that speak with authority in federal and state policy debates, CBPP’s internship program identifies highly motivated candidates — particularly those with experience with communities that are underrepresented in policy debates — with a demonstrated interest in working on public policies that affect low-income and diverse communities and have implications for racial equity.

International students are welcome to apply. CBPP does not provide financial sponsorship for visas or work permits. You must have documentation of work authorization for the U.S. AND a U.S. Social Security number, as of the start date of the internship, to be employed by CBPP.

ApplicationDeadline:November 22nd, 2026, 11:59p.m.ET

Internship Start Date:January 12, 2027

Internship End Date: May 7, 2027

CBPP's Spring internship will be remote. Remote interns must be in the U.S. for the duration of the internship. Interns located in the Washington, D.C. metro area during the Spring term will work on a hybrid schedule that includes at least two days per week in person at our D.C. office.

Work Hours:Interns should be available between 30-40 hours per week during core Eastern Time business hours. Work schedules can be flexed to accommodate time zone differences as well as classwork and other school commitments.

Compensation:

Undergraduate students receive $18.40 per hour. Students with a bachelor's degree receive $19.00 per hour. Graduate students receive $20.00 per hour. Students with a master’s or law degree receive $21.00 per hour. Doctoral students may receive between $20.00 and $22.00 per hour, depending on progress toward completion of degree requirements, relevant coursework, and research.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and welcomes diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages all qualified persons to apply regardless of race, color, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, credit information, pregnancy or parental status, family responsibilities, personal appearance, creed, military or veteran status, religion, ancestry or national origin, union activities, disability, or other status protected by applicable law.