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John C. Rother
American Association of Retired Persons |
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John Rother is the Director of Legislation and Public Policy for
the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). He is responsible
for the federal and state legislative advocacy activities of the
Association, and for the policy research and public education
programs that support that effort. He is an authority on health
care, long-term care, Social Security, pensions and employment
policies.
Prior to coming to AARP, Mr. Rother served eight years in the U.S. Senate as Special Counsel for Labor and Health to former Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY), and as Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Special Committee on Aging under its Chairman, Senator John Heinz (R-PA). He serves on several Boards and Commissions, including the Corporation for National Service, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Foundation for Accountability in Health Care, the Institute of Medicine's National Roundtable on Health Care Quality, the National Academy on Aging, Generations United and the National Academy of Social Insurance's study panel on Medicare. He has served as a member of the ERISA Advisory Council for the Secretary of Labor; as a member of the Secretary's Blue-Ribbon Advisory Commission on the FDA (Edwards Commission); and as a member of the Commonwealth Fund's Commission on Elderly People Living Alone. In 1996, Mr. Rother was on special assignment to study the future implications of the transition to managed care in the health care system, and the retirement challenges facing the boomer generation. John Rother is an Honors Graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Editor of the Law Review. |
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