By Kate Steadman
‘The Players’ is a series of KFF Health News profiles highlighting the key roles of certain individuals in the current health reform debate. Each profile provides a brief bio, whether the player was involved in President Clinton’s attempts to overhaul health care in 1993-1994 and how their participation could shape today’s negotiations. This list is in alphabetical order.
Melody Barnes
Director, White House Domestic Policy Council
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas
Ranking Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio
House Minority Leader
David Blumenthal
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Rep. David Camp, R-Mich.
Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.
Chairman, Senate Budget Committee
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
David Cutler
Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University
Dan Danner
President and CEO, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Director, White House Office of Health Reform
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.
Chairman, Health Subcommittee, House Energy and Commerce Committee
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
Chairman, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Ezekiel Emanuel
Special Advisor For Health Policy To the Director of White House Office of Management and Budget
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.
Ranking Member, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee’s Health Subcommittee
Karen Ignagni
President and CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans
Chris Jennings
President, Jennings Policy Strategies
Charles “Chip” Kahn, III
President, Federation of American Hospitals
Jeanne Lambrew
Director, HHS Office of Health Reform
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Senate Minority Leader
Peter Orszag
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Speaker of the House
Ron Pollack
Executive Director, Families USA
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
Chairman, House Republican Study Committee
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.
Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Senate Majority Leader
John Rother
Group Executive Officer of Policy and Strategy, AARP
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Ranking Member, House Budget Committee
Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine
Member, Senate Finance Committee
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif.
Chairman, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
Andy Stern
President, SEIU
Larry Summers
Director, National Economic Council
Billy Tauzin
President and CEO, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Richard Umbdenstock
President and CEO, American Hospital Association
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
