Voices of Power: Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation
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- News Source: Washington Post | 25 days agoDrew Altman landed at the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1990 with a huge mandate: Rebuild the sleepy grant-making organization, shake up its staff, and revitalize its mission. Two decades later, the chief executive and president has positioned the...
- Blog Source: governmentgrantsforreview.comDrew Altman landed at the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1990 with a huge mandate: Rebuild the sleepy grant-making organization, shake up its staff, and revitalize its mission. Two decades later, the chief executive and president has ...
- Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com"The public option is a significant issue, but its place in the debate is completely out of proportion to its actual importance to consumers," said Drew Altman, president of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. ...
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com"The public option is a significant issue, but its place in the debate is completely out of proportion to its actual importance to consumers," said Drew Altman, president of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. "It has sucked all the oxygen out
- Blog Source: arthritisqanda.comOver the past six years, the amount families pay out of pocket for their piece of premiums has increased by about $1500,” said Kaiser President and CEO Drew E. Altman, Ph.D. As many Americans know, premiums have risen dramatically. ...
- Blog Source: localhealthguideonline.comBy Drew Altman, Ph.D. President and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation. For as long as I have been in the field, there have been two dominant schools of thought about how to control health care costs. One school, The Regulators, ...
- Blog Source: www.kff.orgIn his latest column, the Kaiser Family Foundation's President and CEO explores the rise to prominence of the "Systems Reformers" and their place in efforts to control health care costs.
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