David Nexon was Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s senior health policy advisor and director of the Democratic health staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee from 1983 to 2005. Prior to joining Senator Kennedy’s staff, he served as the Medicare/Medicaid budget examiner at the Office of Management and Budget. He was the senior executive vice president for policy of the Advanced Medical Technology Association 2005–16. He is the coauthor (with Nick Littlefield) of Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a G.O.P. Congress and the author of articles on political science and health policy.
