| Robert B. Helms |
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Helms researches health care policy, Medicare and Medicaid, private health insurance, and the economics of the pharmaceutical industry. He is a former assistant secretary of health and human services for planning and evaluation.
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Professional Experience
-Member, HHS Medicaid Commission, 2005-2006
-Executive director, American Pharmaceutical Institute, 1989-1990
-Assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, 1984-1989; deputy assistant secretary, 1981-1984
-Director, Center for Health Policy Research, American Enterprise Institute, 1974-1981
-Professor, Loyola College, 1971-1973
Education
Ph.D., economics, University of California at Los Angeles
M.A., economics, University of California at Los Angeles
B.S., Auburn University
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| Research Areas |
| SCHIP reauthorization |
| Health care policy |
| Medicaid |
| Medicare |
| Economics of the pharmaceutical industry |
| Private health insurance |
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| Contact Information |
Robert B. Helms
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5877
Assistant: 202-828-6037
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: rhelms@aei.org
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Medicare in the Twenty-First Century
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| These leading health economics experts make various recommendations for saving the popular Medicare program and grapple with finding a solution that is realistic, fair, and efficient. [Read More] |
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