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Top think tank posts 6-step health policy agenda

The Paragon Health Institute authors could be on short lists for Trump administration posts.

By Allison Bell | November 15, 2024 at 11:30 AM

A to-do list

A team of analysts who could end up shaping federal health policy next year has come out with a one-page, six-point private health policy agenda.The Paragon Health Institute posted the private health agenda brief along with similar health agenda briefs for Medicare, Medicaid and public health programs.The list of authors who developed the briefs includes Brian Blase, the institute’s president, who worked for the White House National Economic Council during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House.The team also includes Theo Merkel, the institute’s director for private health reform initiatives, who served alongside Blase on the White House economic council.Jeff Smedsrud, a longtime health insurance program developer, has suggested that the institute’s work could soon be influencing Trump administration efforts to change U.S. health care policy.

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