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Ron Pollack, Executive Director, FamiliesUSA

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Ron Pollack is the Founding Executive Director of Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers. Families USA's numerous reports and analyses -- on such matters as health coverage for the uninsured and underinsured, Medicaid, Medicare, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), prescription drug issues, long-term care, and others -- are frequently cited at Congressional hearings, in state legislatures, by the media, and by consumer organizations that Families USA works with all across the country.

Prior to his current position at Families USA, Mr. Pollack was the Dean of the Antioch School of Law.

Mr. Pollack was also the Founding Executive Director of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), a leading national organization focused on eliminating hunger in the U.S. In that capacity, he argued two successful cases on the same day in the U.S. Supreme Court to secure food aid for low-income Americans, and he brought the successful federal litigation that resulted in the creation of the WIC program for malnourished mothers and infants.

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November 1, 2010 04:39 PM

RE: How Will the Midterms Affect the Reform Law?

Voters Don't Want Repeal   American voters' focus during the elections has been overwhelmingly on jobs and the economy, and this will remain the key public concern until the economy substantially improves. As pre-election polls reflect, calls to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are not supported by America's voters - and they certainly are not the motivating factor in the elections. Many independent polls have demonstrated that a majority of Americans either want to allow implementation of the new law to move forward or want to build on it to make further health reform improvements. Most voters do not want…  Read more

 

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