WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) welcomes Jeff Lemieux as Senior Vice President, directing AHIP’s new Center for Health Policy Research. Lemieux has most recently been Executive Director of Centrists.org, a highly respected policy think-tank in Washington, D.C. he originally founded.
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“Jeff has the knowledge and experience we need to lead our new Center for Health Policy and Research,” said AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni. “With his leadership and expertise, I am confident the new Center will be a valuable resource for our members, health care policymakers and opinion leaders in Washington and throughout the country.”
As senior economist for the Progressive Policy Institute through 2003, Lemieux was responsible for studies of overall economy including federal budget, tax, and entitlement issues, as well as health care. He has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and other committees in Congress on Medicare reform and tax-based proposals to expand access to health coverage. Lemieux also served as the staff economist for the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, which was co-chaired by Senator John Breaux and Congressman Bill Thomas. Before joining the Commission, from 1992 through 1998, Lemieux was the principal analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, where he estimated the cost of national health reform plans and, later, the impact of Medicare reforms enacted in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and other laws.
Lemieux will assume his new duties with AHIP effective October 18, 2004.
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