Given Peter Orszag's recent talk at the Economic Club of Washington, I wondered who influenced one major architect of Obama's health reform. My research on visitors to White House Health Czar Nancy-Ann DeParle came out before the bill was passed and signed.
Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein interviewed Orszag. Peter noted the government does not know how to pay for quality but will "throw things against the wall and see what sticks." My guess is Peter knew The Carlyle Group has several affiliates specializing in health care cost control, MulitPlan and Viant. The pandering went on to capital gains taxes. So far the Economic Club has not posted the video of the interview.
Orszag's list is below. It has the distinct taint of influence peddlers and industry sponsors. :
| SCHWARZMAN | STEPHEN | Co-founder Blackstone Group, with health care affiliates: Apria Healthcare, Biomet, Stiefel Labs, Catalent, Emcure, Health Markets (health insurance), TeamHealth, and Vanguard Health Systems (for-profit hospital chain) |
| ALTMAN | ROGER | Founder & Chairman Evercore Partners, a private equity firm. It owns Diagnostic Imaging Group |
| CARNAHAN | TOM | Founder of Wind Capital Group |
| COLLINS | FRANCIS | NIH Director |
| GARDE | CATRIONA | Assistant to Bono, U2 |
| HEWSON | PAUL | Bono from U2, Managing Director of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm. |
| HUDSON | KATHY | Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Bioethics Institute, Institute of Genetic Medicine and Department of Pediatrics |
| IMMELT | JEFFREY | GE CEO, GE has huge health care product lines from medical imaging to consultation |
| IP | GREG | Economist.com, U.S. Economics Editor |
| LOCKWOOD | CHRISTOPHER | Economist.com |
| MARTIN | CARMEL | Assistant secretary for planning, evaluation & policy development at the Department of Education |
| NIX | SHEILA | Joined global poverty nonprofit ONE as U.S. executive director in 2009. Deputy governor under |
| Gov. Rod Blagojevich | ||
| ORSZAG | JONATHAN | Senior Fellow in economic policy at Center for American Progress. Orszag serves as a senior managing director and a member of the Executive Committee of Compass Lexecon, an economic consulting firm. In 2009 Compass Lexecon received $407,019 in federal contracts. |
| Note: Peter Orszag wants health care | ||
| to go the route of modeling clinical care, like econometrics. | ||
| THORNTON | ERIN | global policy director for ONE |
| TRINGE | HEIDI | Aide to Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas |
| BIXBY | ROBERT | Executive Director Concord Coalition |
| FOX | ALISSA | Senior Vice President, Office of Policy & Representation, for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) |
| GELLIN | BRUCE | Director of the National Vaccine Program Office |
| GREENSTEIN | ROBERT | Executive director of the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP) |
| GRUBER | JONATHAN | MIT Professor contracted by OMB for $392,000 in health reform consulting |
| HALTMEYER | KRIS | Deputy Executive Director of Legislative & Regulatory Policy, Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association |
| HALVORSON | GEORGE | Chairman & CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit health plan & hospital system |
| HOFFMAN | CHRISTY | Service International Employees Union |
| JOHNSON | JAMES | Served on the board of UnitedHealth Group. Works for private equity firm Perseus, which lists 10 healthcare affiliates in their portfolio. Mr. Johnson served alongside Gail Wilensky at UnitedHealth. |
| KIES | KENNETH | Lobbyist for Federal Policy Group -clients include Aetna, Magellan Health |
| LEWIS | CAYA | Director of Outreach and Public Health Policy, Health & Human Services |
| MACGUINEAS | MAYA | President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget |
| MADLAND | DAVID | Director of the American Worker Project at American Progress |
| MINARIK | JOSEPH | Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Committee for Economic Development |
| PETROU | LAURA | HHS senior adviser with Daschle ties |
| PODESTA | JOHN | Center for American Progress, Head of Obama Transition Team, relative of lobbying Podestas, Heather-Cigna Tony-Universal American |
| REISCHAUER | ROBERT | President Urban Institute, ex CBO Chief, serves on Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget |
| RIVLIN | ALICE | Brookings Senior Fellow, Georgetown Professor, ex-CBO, Vice Chair Federal Reserve, sits on board of NYSE Euronext |
| SEROTA | SCOTT | President & CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of America |
| SMITH | THOMAS | Past CEO of Voluntary Hospitals of America, sits on board of several for-profit health care companies |
| WILLIAMS | RONALD | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aetna |
| GREENSPAN | ALAN | Former Fed Chief |
| STERN | ANDREW | SEIU President, Said in 2006 at the Brookings Institute , Employer health insurance is "dying and not coming back" |
| HELMSLEY | STEPHEN | UnitedHealth Group CEO, ex-Board member James Johnson met with Orzag, while current board member Gail Wilensky provided expert testimony before the Senate Finance Committee. I did not hear her verbally declare her numerous conflicts of interest in her testimony. Gail served on 6 boards, most health care. BusinessWeek did a piece highlighting Stephen Helmsley's Voldemort-like impact on the public option. |
| LEAMOND | NANCY | Executive Vice President for Social Impact at AARP |
| ROTHER | JOHN | Group Executive Officer of Policy & Strategy for AARP |
| STEVENS | SIMON | Executive Vice President of UnitedHealth Group, Chairman of UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform, President of UnitedHealth Group's Global Health division |
| WELTERS | ANTHONY | Executive Vice President of UnitedHealth Group |
