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FEATURED CONTRIBUTOR: DEPUTY SECRETARY TEVI D. TROY, WRITER
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Recent Articles by Deputy Secretary Tevi D. Troy
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12/9/2010Loud, Clear and Anonymous
One of the key tasks of the incoming Congress is going to be reauthorization of PDUFA - the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. This Act
7/23/2010Too many czars in Obama's kitchen
As the world hopes that good news about the BP oil spill cap continues, there already are worrisome signs about the oversight and management in
The Obama administration has asked the National Archives to release 11,000 pages of Elena Kagan’s White House e-mails, and an additional 68,000 pages of e-mails
Although President Obama is poised to sign a major health care bill, it would be a mistake to see the writing of the bill as
3/15/2010Health Care: A Two-Decade Blunder
In 1991 the political world was rocked by the unlikeliest of victories. Harris Wofford, a former aide for John F. Kennedy, upset two-term Republican Governor
The stars are aligned for some kind of big health care deal, and the papers are full of discussions and speculations about a variety of
Swine flu has presented the Obama administration with its first major public-health crisis. Fortunately for the Obama team, the Bush administration developed new tools that
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Name: Deputy Secretary Tevi D. Troy Location: Kemp Mill, Maryland Interests: American History, the Presidency, Politics, Health Care, and Baseball Causes: Improving technology, especially in health care; protecting our nation against terror; promoting freedom Background: Tevi Troy is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a writer and consultant on health care and public policy issues. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. As chief operating officer of the largest civilian department in the federal government, he oversaw all operations, including Medicare, Medicaid, public health, medical research, food and drug safety, welfare, bio-terror defense, and emergency preparedness. Troy has served in multiple high-level White House positions, including Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, where he advised the President and top level administration officials on health care, labor, education, transportation, immigration, crime, and welfare. Troy has also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor, Policy Director for Senator John Ashcroft, and Senior Domestic Policy Adviser for the House Policy Committee. Troy has a B.S. from Cornell and an M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Texas. He is the author of Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians. He and his wife Kami have four young children.
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