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Date: Nov. 13, 1996
"The Forces Re-Shaping America's Health Care": A Lecture at Princeton
Princeton, N.J.--Gail Wilensky, chair of the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) will speak on "The Forces Re-Shaping America's Health Care" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.
The PPRC is an independent advisory committee that advises Congress regarding physician payments in Medicare and Medicaid, the expenditure growth of both programs, and improving access under Medicaid, as well as the broader system reform issues of controlling the costs of employer-based health plans, medical malpractice reform, graduate medical education, and ensuring quality of care. Wilensky is also the John M. Olin Senior Fellow at Project HOPE, an international health foundation, and is currently analyzing and developing policies relating to health care reform and to ongoing changes in the medical marketplace. She serves as an informal adviser to members of Congress and other elected officials, and speaks frequently on issues related to the policies and politics of health care reform.
Wilensky's previous position was in the White House, where she served as deputy assistant to the President George Bush for policy development and advised him on health and welfare issues. She also served as the White House spokesperson in both of those policy areas.
A nationally recognized expert on a wide range of health policy and financing issues, Wilensky has published numerous articles, testified before Congress on many occasions, and spoken to hundreds of professional, business and consumer groups. She has appeared on numerous television programs, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, and all of the networks' nightly news programs.
Her lecture is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School, the Center for Health Care Strategies, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.