DOCSLIB.ORG

Capretta CV -- AEI -- July 2020

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Updated July 2020 James C. Capretta American Enterprise Institute 1789 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 [email protected] (202) 862-5846 (tel.) EDUCATION: M.A., Public Policy Studies, Duke University 1987 B.A., Government, University of Notre Dame 1985 EMPLOYMENT: Resident Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair, American Enterprise Institute 2016 to Present Visiting Fellow 2012 to 2016 CONSULTING: Senior Adviser, Bipartisan Policy Center 2017 to Present MEDIA: Contributor, RealClearPolicy 2017 to Present Columnist, State of Reform 2019 to Present BOARDS: National Institute for Health Care Management, Advisory Board 2011 to Present Health Affairs, Editorial Board 2012 to Present Aging with Dignity, Board of Directors 2017 to Present Free the Facts, Policy Advisory Board 2019 to Present PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICE: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President Associate Director (Health, Income Security, Labor, Education) 2001 to 2004 U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Senior Policy Analyst 1990 to 1995 1995 to 2001 U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means 1995 Subcommittee on Health, Professional Staff Member Office of Management and Budget, Budget Examiner 1987 to 1990 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS: Ethics and Public Policy Center 1 Senior Fellow 2013 to 2016 Fellow 2006 to 2013 Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Affiliated Scholar 2014 to 2016 The Brookings Institution, Visiting Fellow 2005 to 2006 OTHER PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Civic Enterprises, LLC (consulting) 2006 to 2016 Wexler and Walker Public Policy Associates 2004 to 2006 Catholic Health Association 1995 SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS AND REPORTS: “The Road Not Taken,” with Joseph Antos, in The Trillion Dollar Revolution, Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abby R. Gluck eds., Public Affairs Books, March 2020 (pdf) (book) “Medicaid,” in A Safety Net That Works, Robert Doar ed., American Enterprise Institute, February 2017 (link) (full book) “Increasing the Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Nation’s Entitlement Programs,” with Andrew Biggs, Robert Doar, Ron Haskins, and Yuval Levin, American Enterprise Institute, June 2016 (pdf) “Improving Health and Health Care: An Agenda for Reform,” with Joseph Antos, Lanhee J. Chen, Scott Gottlieb, Yuval Levin, Thomas P. Miller, Ramesh Ponnuru, Avik Roy, Gail Wilensky, and David Wilson, American Enterprise Institute, December 2015 (pdf) “Reforming Medicaid,” in The Economics of Medicaid, Jason Fichtner (ed.), Mercatus Center at George Mason University, April 2014 (pdf) (full book) CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AND LETTERS: “Cost-Reducing Health Policies: A Response to Chairman Alexander and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,” with Henry Aaron, Joseph Antos, Loren Adler, Matthew Fiedler, Paul Ginsburg, Benedic Ippolito, and Alice Rivlin, March 1, 2019 (pdf) “The Budget Resolution -- Content, Timeliness, and Enforcement,” Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, May 24, 2018 (written testimony) (hearing details) (full hearing video) “Proposals to Reform the President’s Budget and Congressional Budget Process,” Senate Budget Committee, April 27, 2016 (written testimony) (hearing details) (full hearing video) “The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We Have Drifted From It,” House Judiciary Committee Executive Overreach Task Force, March 1, 2016 (written 2 testimony) (hearing details) (full hearing video) “The Obama Administration’s Delay of the Employer Mandate,” House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, July 10, 2013 (written testimony) (hearing details) (full hearing video) “Saving Seniors and Our Most Vulnerable Citizens from an Entitlement Crisis,” House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, March 18, 2013 (written testimony) (video) “The Status of the Medicare Advantage Program,” House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, September 21, 2012 “Identifying Opportunities for Health Delivery System Reform: Lessons from the Front Line,” Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, May 16, 2012 (video) “Putting Health Care Spending on a Sustainable Path,” Senate Budget Committee, February 29, 2012 (video) “The Medicare Trigger,” Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, and National Archives, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 12, 2011 (video) “Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security,” House Budget Committee, March 17, 2011 (video) “The Fiscal Consequences of the New Health Care Law,” House Budget Committee, January 26, 2011 (video) “Perspectives on Long-Term Deficits,” House Budget Committee, January 21, 2010 (video) SELECTED PAPERS: “COVID-19 and the Medicare Trust Funds,” with Joseph Antos, Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, July 2020 (pdf) “Fiscal Policy and the Major Entitlements: An Introduction,” Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, June 2020 (pdf) “Policies Affecting the Number of Physicians in the U.S. and a Framework for Reform,” Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, March 2020 (pdf), and “Promoting a More Adaptable Physician Pipeline,” Regulatory Transparency Project, March 2020 (pdf) “Bipartisan Rx for America’s Health Care,” with Tom Daschle, Bill Frist, Andy Slavitt, Gail Wilensky, Sheila Burke, Chris Jennings, Cindy Mann, and Avik Roy, Bipartisan Policy Center, February 2020 (pdf) “Toward Meaningful Price Transparency in Health Care,” Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, June 2019 (pdf) “A Balanced Plan for Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth,” with Joseph Antos, Andrew Biggs, Alex Brill, and Alan Viard, Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative, June 2019 (pdf) “Reforming Medicare Payments for Part B Drugs,” with Joseph Antos, Economic Perspectives, 3 American Enterprise Institute, June 2019 (pdf) “Providing High-Quality, Cost-Effective Health Coverage to Retired Federal Employees Age 65 and Older,” with Joseph Antos and Walton J. Francis, Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, January 2019 (pdf) “Prescription Drug Pricing: An Overview of the Legal, Regulatory, and Market Environment,” with Joseph Antos, Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, July 2018 (pdf) “Automatic Adjustments Within Entitlement Programs: A Look at the Swedish Pension Reform Model,” Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, March 2018 (pdf) “Rethinking Medicare,” National Affairs, March 2018 (link) (pdf) “The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Primer,” Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, February 2018 (pdf) “Bringing Market Discipline to Health Care Is Complex, Difficult, and Necessary,” with Joseph R. Antos, Ph.D., Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, September 2017 (pdf) “An Examination of Medicare’s Current Design and an Alternative,” Mercatus Center, George Mason University, June 2017 (pdf) “The On-Demand Economy and Worker Benefits and Protections,” Future of Work Initiative, Aspen Institute, September 2016 (pdf) “Reforming the Budget Process,” National Affairs, Fall 2014 (link) “Global Aging and the Sustainability of Public Pension Systems: An Assessment of Reform Efforts in Twelve Developed Countries,” Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies, January 2007 (link) “Building Automatic Solvency Into U.S. Social Security: Insights from Sweden and Germany,” The Brookings Institution, Policy Brief #151, March 2006 (pdf) SELECTED SHORT ARTICLES AND OPINION: The Wall Street Journal: “Drug Rebates Aren’t Kickbacks: A rule designed to save patients money would end up having the opposite effect,” with Joseph Antos, The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2018 (link) “An ObamaCare Tax Worth Keeping: The levy on ‘Cadillac’ plans will counter perverse tax incentives,” The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2018 (link) “ObamaCare’s Failed Cost Controls: Medical spending keeps rising, outpacing both general inflation and population growth,” with Joseph R. Antos, The Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2017 (link) 4 “How the GOP Could Nudge the Uninsured Toward Coverage: Automatically enroll many Americans in no-premium, high-deductible policies unless they opt out,” with Lanhee J. Chen, The Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2017 (link) “The Four Legs of a New Health-Care System: The Great Recession enabled ObamaCare. Now the law’s failure makes reform possible,” with Scott Gottlieb, The Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2016 (link) “Macra: The Quiet Health-Care Takeover; A 962-page rule puts the federal government between doctors and patients,” with Lanhee J. Chen, The Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2016 (link) “The Other Stealthy ObamaCare Menace: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation exists to impose price controls and limit payments to providers,” with Lanhee J. Chen, The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2014 (link) “Exposing the Medicare Double Count,” with Charles Blahous, The Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2012 (link) “Health Care Repeal Won’t Add to the Deficit,” with Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Joseph Antos, The Wall Street Journal (Online Extra), January 18, 2011 (link) The New York Times: “The Public Option Is Not an Easy Fix for Health Care,” with Joseph Antos, The New York Times, February 25, 2020 (link) “The Health Reforms the G.O.P. Should Embrace (but Probably Won’t),” with Joseph Antos, The New York Times, April 4, 2019 (link) “Yes, There’s Hope for Health Care Reform: A Bipartisan Consensus Is Focused on Fixing the Systems’ Chronic Waste and Inefficiency,” with Lanhee J. Chen, The New York Times, August 31, 2018 (link) “Republicans Need
Recommended publications
  • LANHEE J. CHEN 434 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305

    LANHEE J. CHEN 434 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305

    LANHEE J. CHEN 434 Galvez Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6010 EDUCATION 2000-2009 Harvard University, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Department of Government Ph.D. in Political Science conferred June 2009 A.M. in Political Science conferred June 2004 2004-2007 Harvard Law School J.D. cum laude conferred June 2007 1995-1999 Harvard College A.B. magna cum laude in Government conferred June 1999 RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013-Present David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies Hoover Institution Stanford University 2013-Present Lecturer in Public Policy, Public Policy Program Stanford University 2014-Present Director of Domestic Policy Studies, Public Policy Program Stanford University 2019-Present Affiliated Faculty, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University 2014-2019 Affiliate, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University 2017 William E. Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor School of Public Policy Pepperdine University 2014-2018 Lecturer in Law Stanford Law School 2010-2011 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies University of California, Berkeley 2003-2005 Teaching Fellow, Department of Government Harvard University Last Updated: March 1, 2020 Chen, L.J., Page 2 of 16 RESEARCH INTERESTS US Health Policy (particularly market-based reform; Medicare and Medicaid; health insurance; and interactions between payers and providers) Comparative Health Policy (particularly Singapore and Taiwan) Retirement Security Policy Policy Formation and Implementation Campaigns and Elections US-China relations PUBLICATIONS Church, Tom, Daniel L. Heil, and Lanhee J. Chen. 2020. “The Fiscal Effects of the Public Option.” Washington, DC: Partnership for America’s Health Care Future.

  • 90 Firefighters Respond to Blaze Sumter Casket Co

    NATION: Poll shows voters are split about illegal immigration A3 REGION Loggerhead turtles beat 50-year goal for recovery TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents A6 Ex-Shaw commander faces child porn charges BY RICK CARPENTER Fighter Wing vice com- A preliminary hearing is proven guilty by a court of signed him to the Ninth [email protected] mander. The charges in- scheduled for Aug. 8 to law,” said Col. Stephen Air Force. The charges this clude possession of child conduct an inquiry into the Jost, 20th Fighter Wing week were the first infor- On June 29, charges were pornography and obstruc- matter. commander. mation The Sumter Item preferred against Col. Wil- tion of justice in violation “The charges are being Jost relieved Jones of his has received since that de- liam R. Jones, Headquar- of Uniform Code of Mili- worked through the legal position as 20th Fighter motion. The Sumter Item ters Ninth Air Force Depu- tary Justice Article 134, ac- process outlined in the Wing vice commander in will provide more informa- JONES ty Chief of Safety, previ- cording to a news release UCMJ, and Col. Jones is February based “on a loss tion as it becomes avail- ously assigned as the 20th from Shaw Air Force Base. presumed innocent until of confidence” and reas- able. 90 firefighters respond to blaze Sumter Casket Co. buildings destroyed in 5-alarm incident BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY [email protected] About 90 firefighters from multiple agencies battled a five-alarm fire for more than five hours Monday afternoon at Sumter Casket Co.
  • A Market-Based Plan for Making Innovative Medicines Affordable

    A Market-Based Plan for Making Innovative Medicines Affordable

    THE COMPETITION PRESCRIPTION A Market-Based Plan for Making Innovative Medicines Affordable Avik S. A. Roy Avik S. A. Roy The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity O= ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL Opportunity (FREOPP) conducts original re - Tsearch on expanding economic opportunity to those who least have it. FREOPP is committed to de - ploying the nation’s leading scholars and the tools of individual liberty, free enterprise, and technological innovation to serve this mission. All research conducted by FREOPP considers the im - pact of public policies and proposed reforms on those with incomes or wealth below the U.S. median. FREOPP is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization financed by contributions from individu - als, foundations, and corporations. The views and analyses herein are solely those of the author. THE COMPETITION PRESCRIPTION A Market-Based Plan for Making Innovative Medicines Affordable Avik S. A. Roy The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity O Introduction Figure 1. CBO 2015-2016 Long-Term Federal Spending Projections (Extended Baseline Scenario) INTRODUCTION the U.S., like prices for other health care goods and services, are far higher in the U.S. than they are in NE OF THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS FACING other industrialized countries. In 2014, on an invoice the United States is the high cost of American price basis, the U.S. spent $1,327 per capita on pre - Ohealth care. Tens of millions of Americans lack scription drugs; in non-U.S. members of the Organisa - health insurance due to the high cost of coverage; far tion for Economic Co-operation and Development, more have seen their disposable income stagnate due median per capita drug spending was $489: approxi - to inexorably rising health care costs.
  • Southern California Public Radio- FCC Quarterly Programming Report July 1- September 30,2016 KPCC-KUOR-KJAI-KVLA-K227BX-K210AD S

    Southern California Public Radio- FCC Quarterly Programming Report July 1- September 30,2016 KPCC-KUOR-KJAI-KVLA-K227BX-K210AD S

    Southern California Public Radio- FCC Quarterly Programming Report July 1- September 30,2016 KPCC-KUOR-KJAI-KVLA-K227BX-K210AD START TIME DURATION ISSUE TITLE AND NARRATIVE 7/1/2016 Take Two: Border Patrol: Yesterday, for the first time, the US Border patrol released the conclusions of that panel's investigations into four deadly shootings. Libby Denkmann spoke with LA Times national security correspondent, Brian Bennett, 9:07 9:00 Foreign News for more. Take Two: Social Media Accounts: A proposal floated by US Customs and Border Control would ask people to voluntarily tell border agents everything about their social media accounts and screen names. Russell Brandom reporter for The Verge, spoke 9:16 7:00 Foreign News to Libby Denkmann about it. Law & Order/Courts/Polic Take Two: Use of Force: One year ago, the LAPD began training officers to use de-escalation techniques. How are they working 9:23 8:00 e out? Maria Haberfeld, professor of police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice spoke to A Martinez about it. Take Two: OC Refugee dinner: After 16 hours without food and water, one refugee family will break their Ramadan fast with mostly strangers. They are living in Orange County after years of going through the refugee process to enter the United States. 9:34 4:10 Orange County Nuran Alteir reports. Take Two: Road to Rio: A Martinez speaks with Desiree Linden, who will be running the women's marathon event for the US in 9:38 7:00 Sports this year's Olympics. Take Two: LA's best Hot dog: We here at Take Two were curious to know: what’s are our listeners' favorite LA hot dog? They tweeted and facebooked us with their most adored dogs, and Producers Francine Rios, Lori Galarreta and host Libby Denkmann 9:45 6:10 Arts And Culture hit the town for a Take Two taste test.
  • Benghazi.Pdf

    Benghazi.Pdf

    ! 1! The Benghazi Hoax By David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America ! 2! The Hoaxsters Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH Eric Bolling, Host, Fox News Channel Ambassador John Bolton, Fox News Contributor, Foreign Policy Advisor Romney/Ryan 2012 Gretchen Carlson, Host, Fox News Channel Representative Jason Chaffetz, R-UT Lanhee Chen, Foreign Policy Advisor, Romney/Ryan 2012 Joseph diGenova, Attorney Steve Doocy, Host, Fox News Channel Senator Lindsay Graham, R-SC Sean Hannity, Host, Fox News Channel Representative Darrell Issa, R-CA, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Brian Kilmeade, Host, Fox News Channel Senator John McCain, R-AZ Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee Stuart Stevens, Senior Advisor, Romney/Ryan 2012 Victoria Toensing, Attorney Ambassador Richard Williamson, Foreign Policy Advisor, Romney/Ryan 2012 ! 3! Introduction: Romney’s Dilemma Mitt Romney woke up on the morning of September 11, 2012, with big hopes for this day – that he’d stop the slow slide of his campaign for the presidency. The political conventions were in his rear-view mirror, and the Republican nominee for the White House was trailing President Obama in most major polls. In an ABC News/Washington Post poll released at the start of the week, the former Massachusetts governor’s previous 1-point lead had flipped to a 6-point deficit.1 “Mr. Obama almost certainly had the more successful convention than Mr. Romney,” wrote Nate Silver, the polling guru and then-New York Times blogger.2 While the incumbent’s gathering in Charlotte was marked by party unity and rousing testimonials from Obama’s wife, Michelle, and former President Bill Clinton, Romney’s confab in Tampa had fallen flat.

  • State Board Adjusts FCAT Grade Romney Wins Cation Unanimously Passed 10Th Grades

    Baseball: CR’s Humphreys named Player of the Year/B1 WEDNESDAY CITRUS COUNTY TODAY & Thursday morning HIGH Partly sunny with a 87 slight chance of storms, LOW showers through Thurs- 67 PAGE A4 day morning. www.chronicleonline.com MAY 16, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 117 ISSUE 283 NEWS BRIEFS State board adjusts FCAT grade Romney wins cation unanimously passed 10th grades. sufficiently stress changes Another factor that may Nebraska Associated Press the rule. Without it, only “When I saw the dramatic in this year’s test to school have contributed to the primary about a third of students drop in scores, I realized districts and teachers, he lower results was the use of TALLAHASSEE — An would have passed the writ- that overnight students all said. two graders instead of one LINCOLN, Neb. emergency rule adopted — Mitt Romney is ing portion of the Florida of a sudden didn’t become Before the school year, to score each test, Robinson Tuesday will lower the Comprehensive Assessment bad writers,” Education the board increased the cut- said. adding another vic- passing grade for Florida’s Test, or FCAT, compared to Commissioner Gerard off from 3.5 to four, while Citrus County School tory to his win standardized writing test to 80 percent or better last Robinson told the board. also making the test tougher Board member Pat column. keep the failure rate about year. Robinson acknowledged by increasing emphasis on Deutschman said the FCAT Nebraska Repub- the same as last year after The passing grade will some things “slipped such conventions as writing test snafu shows the licans, as expected, preliminary results showed drop from four to three on a through” the Department of spelling, punctuation and process is flawed have made clear it would have dramatically zero-to-six scale.
  • A Fiscal and Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act

    A Fiscal and Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act

    TThhee PPrriiccee ooff SSiinnggllee PPaayyeerr A Fiscal and Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act Avik S. A. Roy The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity O= ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL Opportunity (FREOPP) conducts original re - Tsearch on expanding economic opportunity to those who least have it. FREOPP is committed to de - ploying the nation’s leading scholars and the tools of individual liberty, free enterprise, and technological innovation to serve this mission. All research conducted by FREOPP considers the im - pact of public policies and proposed reforms on those with incomes or wealth below the U.S. median. FREOPP is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization financed by contributions from individu - als, foundations, and corporations. The Price of Single Payer was supported in part by the New York State As - sociation of Health Underwriters. The views and analyses herein are solely those of the author. The Price of Single Payer A Fiscal and Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act Avik S. A. Roy The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity O Introduction HE HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH would require $87 billion in additional annual health coverage remains one of the most significant spending by the state, but draw in $9 billion less in tax Tbarriers to economic opportunity for Ameri - revenues. The Friedman proposal contemplates $91 cans with incomes and wealth below the U.S. median. billion per year in state tax increases, but because the Many on the left believe that the existence of private plan’s aspirations for cost savings would not material - health insurance is a primary barrier to covering the ize, tax increases of $226 billion in 2019 would be nec - uninsured.
  • Human Trafficking Policy and Education Summit

    Human Trafficking Policy and Education Summit

    Human Trafficking Policy and Education Summit LOGAN UTAH 1 04.17.21 As part of its mission to provide education, Schedule promote healing, and All sessions will end with a Q & A session followed by a 5-minute break. ensure justice for trafficking survivors, the Malouf Foundation welcomes you to their inaugural Human Trafficking Policy and 9:00 12:00 Education Summit. BREAKFAST AVAILABLE LUNCH 9:30 1:00 INTRODUCTION FROM A CLOSER LOOK AT SAM AND KACIE MALOUF TRAFFICKING IN UTAH Representatives Blake Moore, Burgess Political leaders, Owens, and John Curtis, moderated 9:45 by Lanhee Chen industry experts, as A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON TRAFFICKING TODAY well as trafficking Former National Security Advisor, 2:00 Robert C. O’Brien, moderated INFLUENTIAL LEADERS by Lanhee Chen and abuse survivors MAKING A DIFFERENCE Elizabeth Smart and Deondra Brown, have gathered today 10:30 moderated by Missy Larsen SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP IN to share how they are ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS 2:45 Coco Berthmann, Julie Whitehead, and working to make a Elizabeth Frazier, moderated MAXIMIZING IMPACT 2 by Heather Fischer THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE difference against one PARTNERSHIPS Ambassador John Cotton Richmond, 11:30 David Stirling, Steve Young, and Sam of the fastest growing Malouf, moderated by Lanhee Chen BIPARTISAN APPROACH criminal enterprises in TO DOMESTIC POLICY Senator Mike Lee, moderated the world. by Lanhee Chen INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C.
  • School of Public Policy New Course Descriptions Fall 2017

    School of Public Policy New Course Descriptions Fall 2017

    School of Public Policy New Course Descriptions Fall 2017 MPP 608.01 Professional Development (0 units, CR/NC) Octavia Brown Students are required to engage policy professionals and events each semester they are enrolled in the School of Public Policy. Students are required to reflect on their engagements with these activities and to submit these to the School. Consult the academic catalog for procedures. MPP 642.01 Environmental Regulation, Business, and Society (See catalog for full description.) Wade Graham American Politics or State and Local Policy This course surveys the political, economic, and social implications of American resource management structures and statutes governing land, water, minerals, wildlife and fisheries, energy, flood, fire, air quality, and climate change. It begins with the historical development of the environmental movement and environmental policy in the United States. It will cover questions of environmental ethics, economics, law, politics, and regulation, using case studies of different economic sectors to explore the interactions of businesses, interest groups, agencies, politicians, scientists, and other forces in shaping American environmental policy. The intent of the course is to enable students to understand the dynamic structure of contemporary environmental policy questions, and provide them with the analytical tools to assess strengths and weaknesses in U.S. environmental policy regimes and to propose ways to reform and improve them. Students will look at questions of culture: tradition, ethics, conflicting values, and social change; at the machinery of environmental policy: politics, statutes, agencies, and courts; at economics: paradigms, subsidies, externalities, and cost- and benefit analyses; and at alternative regulatory designs, including market mechanisms, stakeholder processes, and state and local regulation.

  • Trouble Coming Sooner Than Later It’S Now Predicted Trust Fund Will Go Broke in 2033

    TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM 3rd Circuit State Attorney It’s Jarvis vs. Siegmeister Field now set for Third Third Judicial Circuit The Third Circuit Decker qualified by collecting the state attorney Robert serves Columbia, Dixie, required petition signatures, according to Circuit judge, public “Skip” Jarvis will face Hamiliton, Lafayette, the Florida Department of State Division defender races as well. Lake City attorney Jeff Madison, Suwannee and of Elections. Schutte qualified by paying Siegmeister in November. Taylor counties. the $5,687.12 fee. By LAURA HAMPSON Jarvis, a Democrat, took Circuit Judge E. Vernon Incumbent David W. Fina is unopposed [email protected] office in 2009 and was Douglas will not seek re- for his seat on the circuit. He qualified by assistant state attorney for election after 23 years in collecting 1,384 petition signatures. Jarvis Siegmeister Two circuit judgeships and the state 24 years. the position. Three candidates are seeking Circuit attorney’s seat will be contested this fall. Siegmeister, a Republican, has served Live Oak attorney Andrew J. Decker Court Judge James Roy Bean’s seat, as Friday was the deadline for candidates as assistant state attorney. Both Jarvis and III and Live Oak attorney Frederick John he will not seek re-election as a full-time for judge, state attorney and public defend- Siegmeister collected petition signatures “Rick” Schutte IV are seeking Douglas’ er to qualify for the 2012 election ballot. to qualify. seat. 3rd CIRCUIT continued on 3A Social Security Two weeks of detours expected Trouble coming sooner than later It’s now predicted Trust Fund will go broke in 2033.
  • Volume 133, Number 45

    Volume 133, Number 45

    Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and Fri: 65°F | 53°F Largest Newspaper Mostly cloudy sat: 62°F | 49°F Cloudy and windy tech.mit.edu SUN: 63°F | 45°F Sunny Established 1881 Volume 133, Number 45 Friday, October 11, 2013 Two MIT professors win MacArthur Fellowships Katabi and Seager awarded $625,000 each By Kath Xu to talk at the same time, nobody can under- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR stand anything.” The community that is working at the in- Established 1881 This year, the MacArthur Foundation se- tersection of EE and CS has been growing in lected 24 recipients of their MacArthur Fel- recent years. “It is still relatively small be- lowships, otherwise known as the MacArthur cause it is difficult,” Katabi explained. “You “Genius Grants.” Two MIT professors — Dina really need to have some background in EE Katabi MS ’99, PhD ’03 from the Department and some background in CS, and most people of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- don’t come equipped with this background.” ence, and Sara Seager from the Department A Syrian native, Katabi obtained her bach- of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci- elor’s degree from Damascus University in ences — were named MacArthur Fellows. The Syria before coming to MIT to obtain a Mas- MACARTHUR FOUNDATION Tech spoke with them to find out what excites ter’s and PhD. After completing her PhD Dina Katabi, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer them about their research, and what it’s like work, she joined the faculty, and is now the Science, was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellows Program fellowship.
  • Affordable Care Act Entrenchment

    Affordable Care Act Entrenchment

    ARTICLES Affordable Care Act Entrenchment ABBE R. GLUCK* & THOMAS SCOTT-RAILTON** The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most challengedÐand the most resilientÐstatute in modern American history. Through and despite hun- dreds of court challenges, scores of congressional repeal efforts, unex- pected state resistance, gutting by the Supreme Court, unprecedented administrative strangulation, and criticism from the beginning that the statute did not go far enough to embrace the principle of universal healthcare, the ACA has changed the way many Americans and the polit- ical arena think about healthcare and the entitlement to it. Over its ten-year lifespan, the ACA went from being the rallying cry of the GOP in 2010, to the center of the Democratic platform in 2018, cata- pulting universal healthcare to the top of the 2020 Democratic presiden- tial primary agenda. It began as a statute criticized for its practical compromises and its incrementalismÐincluding leaving most insurance in the private market and retaining state control over large swaths of health policyÐbut those very compromises have, surprisingly, proved key to the ACA's resilience. They have also been instrumental in the ACA's entrenchment of not only its own reforms but also a broader, emerging principle of a universal right to healthcare. The idea of health- care for all Americans administered through the federal government was long viewed as political suicide, including as recently as the 2016 presi- dential election. In an astonishingly fast turnaround, that idea has now been considered and debated by every Democratic presidential hopeful. The ACA's principles have been codi®ed outside of federal law and into state law, voted on in ballot initiatives, and advocated for on late- night TV.