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Academic Background

B.A., political science, history and English, Cum Laude, St. J0hn's University, Collegeville, MN
J.D., University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis, MN

Teaching Interest

• Health Care Policy
 

Professional Experience

• Senior Health Policy Fellow, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, 1995 - present
• Chair and CEO, National Institute of Health Policy, a program of the University of St. Thomas, 1997 - present
• President, Policy Insight, LLC; 2001 to 2009
• U.S. Senator (1978-1995)
• Served on Senate committees including:
  U.S. Senate Finance Committee
  U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  U.S. Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
 

Books

• Neither Madmen Nor Messiahs. Minneapolis: Piranha Press, 1984.
• Prescription for Change. Minneapolis: Piranha Press, 1986.
 

Publications - small sample

• “Toward An American Health Care System-Change We Can Believe In” New York: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 21(1) (2009): 7-11.
• “Commentary: Medicare After The Medicare Modernization Act” St. Louis: St. Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy 1(221) (2008): 221-230.
 

Current Board Appointments

• Allina Health Board of Directors 2011 - present
  Board of Visitors, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, 2009-present
• Commissioner, Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2002-present
• National Coalition on Health Care Board
  Serve Minnesota Board
• Honorary Director MN Parks and Trails
 

Health Care Policy Resource

• Frequent public speaking and media expert in area of expertise