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| − | Nancy-Ann DeParle was appointed the Health Care "Czar" in the [[Obama Administration]], as the head of the White House Office of Health Care Reform. She has been a tireless advocate of [[socialized medicine]] for many years. Her husband, Jason DeParle, is a reporter for the ''[[New York Times]]''. | + | '''Nancy-Ann DeParle''' is the "Health Care Czar" in the [[Obama Administration]], as Counselor to the President and Director of the [[White House]] Office of Health Reform.<ref name=GB>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/ List of Obama's Czars], GlennBeck.com, August 21, 2009.</ref> Appointed in March 2009, she reports to [[President Obama]]. She coordinates the development of the Administration's healthcare policy agenda, and has been a tireless advocate of [[socialized medicine]] for many years. DeParle earned a law degree from [[Harvard]], and her husband, Jason DeParle, is a reporter for the ''[[New York Times]]''. |
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| − | {{DEFAULTSORT:DeParle, Nancy-Ann}} | + | == Previous experience == |
| | + | Nancy-Ann DeParle served as the OMB’s representative on health-care reform during [[Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton’s]] first term. As head of the HHS Health Care Financing Administration under Clinton, she ran the largest health insurance provider in America, overseeing $600 billion in payments annually to 74 million recipients of [[Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]]. DeParle was Director of the Healthcare Financing Administration from 1997 to 2000.<ref name=GB/> |
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| | + | Since 2001, Nancy-Ann DeParle has been Managing Director, of CCMP Capital; focusing on healthcare policy, she is also the Adjunct professor at the Wharton School of Business, as well as the Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. |
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| | + | DeParle left [[government]] to take a year-long fellowship at [[Harvard Institue of Politics|Harvard’s Institute of Politics]], where she was part of Harvard’s Health Care Policy Forum and led a weekly study group on reforming Medicare from 2000 to 2001. |
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| | + | During the [[Bush administration]], DeParle sat on the boards of many health companies, ranging from medical treatment producers to hospital systems. |
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| | + | ==References== |
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