AHIP Runs Ads In Debate Host Cities

AHIP also has been trying to spread its views on health care reform through advertising campaigns and other communications efforts in swing states such as Ohio.

In related news, AHIP says it has hired Jeff Lemieux to be an AHIP senior vice president and director of AHIP’s new Center for Health Policy Research.

Lemieux previously was executive director of Centrists.org, Washington, a policy think tank that he founded.

Lemieux has been the staff economist for the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, which was co-chaired by Sen. John Breaux, D-La., and Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif. He also served as the principal analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. While at the CBO, he estimated the cost of national health reform and Medicare system reform plans.