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Health Care

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Robert Berenson, institute fellow, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicare; physician payment; care coordination; cost containment; pay-for-performance.

Linda Blumberg, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Private health insurance markets; health care financing; interactions between public and private coverage; health care reform; the uninsured; coverage for high cost populations.

Randall Bovbjerg, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Health insurance, financing, and reform; medical malpractice and patient safety; interactions of law and policy; health care safety net; District of Columbia health policy.

Teresa Coughlin, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicaid waiver programs; state financing of Medicaid.

Bowen Garrett, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicare skilled nursing facility payment; Medicaid managed care; health insurance coverage and macroeconomics.

Howard Gleckman, Income and Benefits Policy Center

Areas of expertise: Long-term care; end-of-life care; health reform.

Bradford Gray, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Nonprofit and for-profit organizations and health care; racial and ethnic disparities.

Ian Hill, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Children's health insurance; state and local health programs.

John Holahan, director, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicaid; state health policy; health care financing; insurance coverage; cost containment.

Rich Johnson, Income & Benefits Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Long-term care; retiree health insurance.

Genevieve Kenney, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Children's health insurance; SCHIP; Medicaid; interactions between public and private coverage.

Sharon Long, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicaid; state health policy; insurance coverage; interactions between public and private coverage.

Nancy Pindus, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Health occupations; sectoral employment and economic development; job training; social services integration; performance monitoring; welfare reform.

Brenda Spillman, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Aging; disability and long-term care.

Timothy Waidmann, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Aging.; disability and long-term care; racial and ethnic disparities.

Stephen Zuckerman, Health Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Medicaid and Medicare physician payment; health care safety net; state health policy; cost containment.