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June 03, 2010 at 08:00 PM
WASHINGTON BUREAU – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has picked a former state insurance commissioner, an academic and a risk pool expert to help run a new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.
Steve Larsen, a former Maryland insurance commissioner, will head the oversight division at the new HHS agency.
Karen Pollitz, a former Georgetown University professor, will run the consumer support division at the office, and Richard Popper, who has led Maryland’s high-risk pool since 2002, will lead the insurance program division.
Popper will oversee state and federal efforts to create high-risk pools for people who cannot find affordable health insurance because they have medical conditions.
