Bruce Japsen

Bruce Japsen has written about health care for three decades, starting from his native Iowa where he covered the presidential campaign bus rides of Bill and Hillary Clinton through the Hawkeye state talking health reform and the economy. Japsen has covered the rise, fall and rise again of health reform, chronicling national trends as well as the influence of Barack and Michelle Obama from Chicago's South Side on changes to the U.S. health system from his base in Chicago. Japsen is a regular television analyst on healthcare, business and politics and can be seen nationally on Fox Business News and Fox News Channel's weekend business coverage where he was the token progressive on "Forbes on Fox" from 2014 to 2018 and still regularly appears on "Cavuto Live" and other programs. In Chicago, you can hear his health segments and business analysis on WBBM News Radio 780 and 105.9 FM. Japsen has written for many media outlets, including the New York Times (2011-2013) and was healthcare reporter at the Chicago Tribune (1998-2011). Prior to that, Japsen wrote for Modern Healthcare and several Iowa newspapers including the Des Moines Register. He's also taught for 20 years at several universities including the University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago and currently teaches in the University of Iowa School of Journalism MA in Strategic Communication program.