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Andrew Sprung

Andrew Sprung is a freelance writer who blogs about politics and policy, particularly health care policy, at xpostfactoid. His articles about the rollout of the Affordable Care Act have appeared in The Atlantic and The New Republic. He is the winner of the National Institute of Health Care Management’s 2016 Digital Media Award.

Andrew is also the principal of Sprung PR LLC, a media relations consultancy serving mainly professional services firms (and no healthcare-related enterprises). He holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Rochester.

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