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Posting date: July 26, 2005

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Health Affairs, 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.337
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What Does It Take To Run Medicare And Medicaid?

Nancy-Ann DeParle ^1*

¹ Nancy-Ann DeParle is a senior adviser to JP Morgan Partners LLC and an adjunct professor of health care systems at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was administrator from September 1997 to October 2000.

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

I knew that to succeed I had to improve the agency's relationship with Congress. So I tried to build personal ties--traveling to a hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, with Rep. Tom Coburn; sampling barbecue with home health agencies and Rep. Joe Barton in Colleyville, Texas; meeting with seniors at a lunch in honor of Sen. John Breaux in Baton Rouge, Louisiana--and found that many members were willing to meet me halfway.

Key Words: Elderly, Health Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Politics

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