Harry Shanmugam – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2025

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School: Harvard Medical School

Fellowship: MassHealth

Project Description: Harry worked at MassHealth, Massachusetts’ state Medicaid agency. While at MassHealth, Harry contributed to two projects aimed at supporting the most vulnerable patients in Massachusetts. He analyzed various policy options to lower prescription drug prices for the Commonwealth, working to model the impact of various interventions in peer states in Massachusetts. He also contributed to the state’s efforts to close its uncompensated care pool’s shortfall, working to identify and analyze means by which the state could shore up its safety net.