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Commission Launch Event Details

February 28, 2008

Washington, D.C.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans
Mark McClellan, Alice Rivlin to Lead the National Effort

The Columbus Club, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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         View the RWJF Broadcast Health Series video here
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America is the first national, consensus-seeking group to consider solutions outside the medical care system for improving Americans' health. Read more .

Event Speaker


         Risa Lavizzo-Mourey , President and CEO,
         Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

         Mark McClellan , Commission Co-Chair,
         Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
         Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform

         Alice M. Rivlin , Comission Co-Chair
         Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

         David R. Williams
         Staff Director of the Commission
         Norman Professor of Public Health
         Professor of African and African American Studies
         and Sociology, Harvard University

         Anna Greenberg , Senior Vice President
         Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research

         Bill McInturff , Partner and Co-Founder
         Public Opinion Strategies