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New Analysis Shows 50 Percent of Maine's Senior Renters and 30 Percent of Senior Homeowners lived in Unaffordable Housing in 2010 BAR HARBOR, Maine, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell joined the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission and Jack Kemp Foundation to host a public forum in Maine today to discuss the need for improved housing in America's small and rural communities. The meeting also stressed the importance of...
Uribe To Join Bipartisan Policy Center as Senior Fellow WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as a Senior Fellow. On his first day at the BPC, he will headline a foreign policy discussion on the implications of the recent elections in Mexico on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:00AM. With Mexico embroiled in a battle against drug cartels and facing a tough economy, voters there recently chose...
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Julie Barnes, Director of Health Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, released this statement today following the Supreme Court's decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: "Today's Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act allows us to replace uncertainty with confidence on how to move forward to improve the American health care system. With this decision behind us, we can take a fresh look at...
BPC Health Project Co-Chairs Tom Daschle and Bill Frist Headline Event NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At an event hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council and Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) yesterday, former Senate Majority Leaders and BPC Health Project Co-Chairs Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, MD, discussed the critical role of information technology (IT) in health care delivery. The event also featured five Nashville-based health care organizations...
Plan by former Secretaries Glickman, Leavitt, Shalala and Veneman provides concrete steps to improve country's fiscal health, ensure long-term national security, and increase productivity WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan group of former cabinet secretaries released a comprehensive and actionable plan to improve America's physical and fiscal crises, driven by the alarming rates of obesity and chronic disease today. Former Secretaries of Agriculture...
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an op-ed published by The Hill today, former Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala and Mike Leavitt, highlight the staggering cost of America's obesity crisis. Later this morning, the co-chairs, who lead the Bipartisan Policy Center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, will release a new report, entitled Lots to Lose: How...
*PLEASE NOTE EVENT TIME CHANGE* WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will release a report identifying actionable steps the public and private sectors can take to reduce rising health care costs associated with the decline of our nation's physical health and nutrition. Former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala and Mike Leavitt will...
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will release a report identifying actionable steps the public and private sectors can take to reduce rising health care costs associated with the decline of our nation's physical health and nutrition. Former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala and Mike Leavitt will headline the report release next Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at...
With unemployment rates for veterans at nearly 40 percent, pre-Memorial Day panel - including PG&E CEO Tony Earley and General Jim Jones - will discuss how to help vets and others land jobs and build careers WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares to celebrate national service on Memorial Day, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will discuss work force opportunities among veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, for whom unemployment...
BPC Visiting Scholar Becomes Member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), issued the following statement today upon Jay Powell's confirmation as a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Powell has been a BPC Visiting Scholar since 2010 and was the lead author of BPC's widely-cited debt ceiling analysis last July. "The administration should be...
