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Today I would like to announce the members of the Panel of Health Advisers for the coming year:
- Katherine Baicker
- John Bertko
- Thomas Betlach
- Lawrence Casalino
- Amitabh Chandra
- Michael Chernew
- Leemore Dafny
- Roger Feldman
- Craig Garthwaite
- Patrick Getzen
- Gautam Gowrisankaran
- Kate Ho
- David Lansky
- Thomas Lee
- Catherine Livingston
- Wendy Long
- Teresa Miller
- Peter Neumann
- Jonathan Perlin
- Daniel Polsky
- Lewis Sandy
- Cori Uccello
Members of CBO’s Panel of Health Advisers are selected to represent a variety of perspectives so that the agency can gather information and insights from experts with diverse views as well as from the interactions between those experts at panel meetings. The panelists’ affiliations are shown on CBO’s website. CBO requires panelists to disclose to the agency any substantial political activity in which they may be involved and any significant financial interests they may have.
Phillip L. Swagel is CBO’s Director.