Joel White

President at Horizon Government Affairs

Speaker

Joel is the Founder and President of Horizon Government Affairs, a health care consultancy that represents several dozen clients and runs four coalitions comprised of 200 organizations dedicated to reforms that improve our health system.

Previously, Joel spent twelve years on Capitol Hill including as Staff Director of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. While on the Hill he helped enact nine laws, including the:

• 2002 Trade Act, which created health care tax credits for private coverage;
• 2003 law that established the Medicare prescription drug benefit and created Health Savings Accounts; and
• 2005 Deficit Reduction Act and the 2006 Tax Reform and Health Care Act, which reformed Medicare payment policies.

Joel holds a B.S. in Economics from the American University and is the co-author of the book, Facts and Figures on Government Finance.