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Joel White is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage (www.cahc.net). CAHC is a broad-based alliance with a singular focus: bringing down the cost of health care for all Americans. CAHC’s membership reflects a broad range of interests—organizations representing small and large employers, manufacturers, retailers, insurers, brokers and agents, physician and patient organizations and individual consumers.
Joel White is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage (www.cahc.net). CAHC is a broad-based alliance with a singular focus: bringing down the cost of health care for all Americans. CAHC’s membership reflects a broad range of interests—organizations representing small and large employers, manufacturers, retailers, insurers, brokers and agents, physician and patient organizations and individual consumers.
Joel is on the Boards of Directors of America’s Health and the Newborn Foundation. He is a Member of BNA’s Health IT Law and Industry Report Advisory Council, and is the Chair of the Health Advisory Committee of Broadband for America.
Joel spent twelve years on Capitol Hill as professional staff, where he helped enact nine laws, including the 2002 Trade Act, which created health care tax credits, the 2003 law that established the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Health Savings Accounts, the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act and the 2006 Tax Reform and Health Care Act, which reformed Medicare payment policies.
Joel spent six years as staff on the Committee on Ways and Means, first as Professional Staff and then as Staff Director of the Health Subcommittee. As Staff Director, Joel had responsibility for advising Members of Congress, developing strategy, holding hearings and negotiating and helping to enact legislation into law. Joel helped to produce more than 100 hearings on various issues while working for the Committee.
Prior to his work on the Committee on Ways and Means staff, Joel worked for Congressman Jim Greenwood (PA) for two years and Congressman Chris Shays (CT) for four years.
