Andrew Cohen has nearly two decades of experience as a consumer advocate, community organizer, and health care policy expert. He is the Director and Lead Attorney for HLA’s Access to Care and Coverage (ACC) Practice. Since joining HLA in 2014, Andrew has helped hundreds of Massachusetts residents access needed health care services. His advocacy has led to landmark policy changes that have improved access to care for thousands of MassHealth members, new arrivals to the United States, trans and gender-diverse people, and people living with disabilities.

Prior to joining HLA, Andrew led a Medical Debt Resolution Program at The Access Project, a non-profit health policy group, and worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Law and Economics where he focused on implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. Andrew graduated from Northeastern University School of Law where he was a Public Interest Law Fellow. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor’s degree with High Honors from Wesleyan University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Andrew is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.