Ranier Simons

Ranier Simons is an advocate, writer, and data analyst passionate about healthcare. He has many years of science and medical education, research experience, firsthand experience as a healthcare worker, and life experience as a caregiver. He believes in using his talents to be a catalyst for change and innovation. Ranier is willing to dig into the jargon-filled weeds of medical journals and other scientific periodicals, scour sites of evidence-based discourse, and seek insight from subject matter experts in order to distill information into a format easily accessible to all. Understanding that evidence is better than belief, he feels that quality data informs effective decision-making.

As Patient-Centered Drug Pricing Policy Director, Ranier is involved in various endeavors to support CANN’s efforts involving state-level advocacy. He believes in the power of advocacy and has seen it create change. The healthcare ecosystem is a landscape of challenging complex systems, and Ranier desires to be at the forefront of changing healthcare to change people’s lives for the better.