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Brian Blase Quoted in The Huffington Post

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Brian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC) from 2017-2019, where he coordinated the development and execution of numerous health policies and advised the President, NEC director, and senior officials. After leaving the White House, Brian founded Blase Policy Strategies and serves as its CEO.
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On June 4, 2023, Paragon President Brian Blase was quoted in The Huffington Post‘s article “As Ron DeSantis Barnstorms New Hampshire, Thousands Of Floridians Lose Health Insurance”

From the article:

Conservatives see things differently, arguing that aggressive reviews of Medicaid rolls are a necessary and responsible way to control program costs.

Brian Blase, a former Trump administration official who is now president of the Paragon Health Institute, noted recently in National Review that Medicaid has “retroactive eligibility” ― which means that people who lose coverage can re-enroll, and then submit bills that are up to three months old.

The full article can be found in The Huffington Post.

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