Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Katherine Hayes is the director of heath care policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) in Washington, DC. She will discuss how pressing issues and campaign promises could put health care on a back burner, despite Congress's need to find common ground on “must pass” health legislation such as including extending funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, expiring Medicare provisions, the looming “Cadillac” tax on high-cost health plans, and reauthorization of drug and device user fees that fund the FDA approval process. 

Prior to her work at BPC, Hayes was an associate research professor in the department of health policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and also served as vice president of health policy for Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc. Her government experience includes serving as legislative counsel to former Senator Evan Bayh, legislative assistant to former Senator John H. Chafee and former Representative Mickey Leland, and as a program consultant for the State of Missouri Medicaid agency. She also worked as a health and education policy advisor for the State of Texas, Office of State-Federal Relations.

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