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Steven Eastaugh
Former Health Policy Advisor to President Obama
Steven Eastaugh
Former Health Policy Advisor to President Obama
Biography
Steven Eastaugh was a professor in health economics, finance and health policy for 43 years at Cornell University, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University. Nine thousand health care leaders in the USA and around the world have had their careers shaped in part by Professor Eastaugh.
He is the author of 11 books and more than 120 journal articles. Dr. Eastaugh is a nationally acclaimed speaker, consultant and agent of change who has traveled to some 36 countries as part of his health services research. In 2020-21 he was health policy advisor to President Joe Biden, from 2008-2012 he was health policy advisor to President Barack Obama. From 1993-96 he was health policy advisor to President Bill Clinton, and from 1977-79 he was health policy advisor to President Jimmy Carter.
Professor Eastaugh has won numerous awards, including the American College of Healthcare Executives Edgar Hayhow Award for “best health care article of the year.” He also won the Marriott Award for productivity enhancement in the service sector. He has been a forceful advocate for universal affordable health insurance, which he believes can be funded through dramatic reductions in health care paperwork and administrative costs. From 1975-78 he was senior staff health economist at the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
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