Neera Tanden

President and CEO of the Center for American Progress

Neera Tanden is the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Tanden has served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential campaigns and think tanks. Most recently, Tanden was chief operating officer for the Center, where she oversaw strategic planning, operations, and fundraising. She previously served as senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, working on President Barack Obama’s health reform team in the White House. In that role, she developed policies around reform and worked with Congress and stakeholders on particular provisions of the legislation. Prior to that, Tanden was the director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, where she managed all domestic policy proposals.

Debates Featuring Neera Tanden

Blame Big Pharma for Out-of-Control Health Care Costs

With Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Paul Howard, Lori Reilly, Neera Tanden
October 13, 2016

Health care costs in the U.S. are some 18 percent of GNP, nearly double what other rich countries spend. We read of drug therapies that cost $100,000 a year or more, and of drug price increases that are 6 times the rate of inflation, on average, and often much more when mergers reduce competition in the industry. Is this a major driver of excessive health care costs?

Blame Big Pharma for Out-of-Control Health Care Costs

Health care costs in the U.S. are some 18 percent of GNP, nearly double what other rich countries spend. We read of drug therapies that cost $100,000 a year or more, and of drug price…

With Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Paul Howard, Lori Reilly, Neera Tanden
October 13, 2016

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