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Author: Marianne OHare

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with former Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, now Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Senator Nelson discusses the challenges being experienced by the nation’s Insurance Commissioners, who are adapting their state programs to incorporate measures in the Affordable Care Act such as the insurance exchanges and the expansion of Medicaid.

Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kavita Patel, Managing Director of Delivery System Reform and Clinical Transformation at the Brookings Institution and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Professional Workforce Initiative. Dr. Patel discusses their recently released reports which examine the need for better national planning strategies for projecting health care work force needs in the future.

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, Professor of Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, Professor of Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, Professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill about his recently released report highlighting some of the Affordable Care Act’s political vulnerabilities.

Dr. Jeffery Levi, Trust for America’s Health

Dr. Jeffery Levi, Trust for America’s Health

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health, a non profit organization seeking to make disease prevention a national priority. Dr. Levi discusses his recent report: A Healthier America 2013, in which he outlines prevention strategies focusing on obesity, public health, flu pandemics and bioterrorism readiness.

Dr. Daniel Kraft, Executive Director of FutureMed

Dr. Daniel Kraft, Executive Director of FutureMed

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Daniel Kraft, Executive Director of FutureMed and the Medicine Track Chair at Singularity University. Dr. Kraft discusses FutureMed 2013, which hosts a gathering of the world’s thought leaders and innovators in technologies that are poised to dramatically change health care delivery of the future.