OPERA – fiche sociographique - santé

OPERA – fiche sociographique - santé
Prénom, Nom:
Liz (Elizabeth) Fowler
Contact
National Economic Council, The White House.
Catégorie : Législatif
Staff du Sénat
A travaillé pour le sénateur démocrate Max Baucus
Carrière très intéressante transversale Senat & White House pour ACA reform. Role
Important pour reforme CHIP 111th congres. Reforme Medicare payment 2008-2009
Dates de naissance / décès :
02/08/1967
Lieu de naissance :
Taipei, Taiwan
Genre : Female
Lieu de résidence (si DC avant l’accession à un poste retenu, avec si
possible l’année de l’emménagement à DC):
Emménage à Washington en 1998.
Formation : (informer dans l’ordre : diplôme, matière, université, ville, date)
BA/BS
MA/MS
PhD
Law degree (JD…)
Autre
BA, U. Pa., Phila.
PhD, Johns Hopkins Sch. Pub. Health, Balt.
JD, U. Minnesota
Profession initiale :
Researcher
Federal official
former legislative staff member
Bar: DC, Md.
Carrière :
- 1989-1991 : Medicare policy analyst, policy rschr., Health Care Financing Adminstrn..
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 1 - 1992-1995 : Research associate in health System Minnosta, Institue of health Research &
Education
1996-1998 : Senior Research Associate in health System Minnosta, Institue of health
Research & Education
- 1998-1999 : associate attorney (avocat)., Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington
- 1999-2000 : Medicare counsel to Senator Patrick Moynihan, US Senate, Washington.
- 2001 – 2005 : chief health & entitlements counsel, US Senate Fin. Com., Washington,
2005-2008 : Senate finance Committee Minority Chief health counsel
2009-2010 : Senate finance Committee Majority Health Senior Counsel to Chairman
and Chief Health Counsel
- 2005-2006 : Principal health Policy alternatives
-2006-2008 : Vice président for public Policy, WellPoint INC.
- 2008 – 2010 : sr. counsel & chief health counsel to Senator Max Baucus, US Senate,
- 2010 – 2011 : policy dir. Office Consumer Info. & Ins. Oversight (OCIIO), US Dept. Health
& Human Services (HHS), Washington,
- 2011 - . : spl. asst. to pres. for health care and econ. policy, Nat. Econ. Coun., The White
House, Washington.
Sources biblio/bio, articles, divers.
ELIZABETH J. FOWLER, Ph.D., J.D., serves as Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare
and Economic Policy at the National Economic Council.
She joins the NEC after serving as Deputy Director for Policy for the Center for Consumer
Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
the new agency tasked with implementing the insurance market reforms included in the Affordable
Care Act (ACA).
During the health reform debate, Fowler served as Senior Counsel to the Chair and Chief Health
Counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), where she played a
critical role in development of the committee and Senate health reform legislation.
In a previous stint with the Finance Committee, she also played a key role in the 2003 Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA).
Fowler has more than 20 years experience in health services research and health policy. She served as
vice president of public policy and external affairs for WellPoint, Inc. and as an attorney with the
Washington law firm Hogan & Hartson. She also spent nearly five years as a health services
researcher with HealthSystem Minnesota.
Fowler received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School
of Public Health, where her research focused on risk adjustment, and a law degree (J.D.) from the
University of Minnesota. She is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Source : http://events.nrf.com/HR11/public/SpeakerDetails.aspx?FromPage=Calendar.aspx&ContactID=16774,
consulté le 28 octobre 2013
Fowler leads the Finance Democrats’ health care team. She coordinates health care reform efforts and
works closely with the staff of ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Senate and
House leadership.
The role requires Fowler to be a troubleshooter. “It is my job to find that common ground and mend
fences if they need to be mended,” she said.
That skill was put to the test when Fowler helped pass the Medicare Modernization Act, which
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 2 provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors and was one of the hallmark health care
accomplishments of the Bush administration.
This effort was “personally and professionally, one of the most challenging times in my life,” Years of
budget cuts have made funding scarce for federal innovation. This special report explains how six
such
projects have won the bipartisan support needed to survive.
said, because the issues were so complex and Democrats found themselves left out of much of the
Republican-led negotiations.
Fowler believes the biggest challenge this year will be “getting the numbers to work” by ensuring that
the votes are there to pass health care reform.
Various health care lobbyists cited Fowler’s work on the prescription drug benefit as an example of
her skill in finding compromises.
Still, Fowler’s willingness to work with Republicans and the Bush administration on the MMA could
be a hindrance to future negotiations, said one Senate Democratic aide, who added that many
Democrats felt that Baucus undercut Senate leadership by reaching a deal with the Bush
administration.
“I think a lot of old-timers are going to remember the fights over the MMA,” the staffer said.
Source : http://armcomm.net/article.aspx?id=1108, consulté le 28 octobre 2013
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 3 Source : consulté en avril 2012
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 4 Sources additionnelles :
CQ PRESS first street ; Who's Who in the East, 38th Edition; Who's Who in American Politics, 23rd Edition;
Who's Who in America, 64th, 65th Editions; Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 7th Edition.
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