Robert Laszewski

Robert Laszewski Profile

Widely regarded as the “go-to guy” for all healthcare matters by the Washington media, Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, Inc., the Washington DC policy and marketing consultancy he founded. Prior to this he had two decades of experience in the insurance industry, nearly half of them as a CEO.

Robert is a major player in the national debate on healthcare and his opinions have been widely disseminated in all media. During the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, Bob was quoted multiple times in newspapers that included the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, USAToday, and the Los Angeles Times. Also during this period he made many appearances on The CBS Evening News, The NBC Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Fox News, CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio, and National Public Radio.

Essential reading for all in the healthcare industry, Bob’s blog Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review (http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/) is often quoted in the national media. His consultancy practice focuses on the ways in which all players in the healthcare field can adapt to changes in the market and government policy. His unique combination of twenty years running a health insurance business followed by twenty years “Inside the Beltway” makes him one of the most highly sought-after consultants in the USA.

His preeminence in his field has been demonstrated by his being invited to chair two international meetings in Washington DC on the issues of international prescription drug pricing and European use of medical technology compared to the USA.

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  “I have known no one with a better grasp of what’s going on in Washington than Bob Laszewski—and no one who is more fair, honest, and less partisan.”
  —C. Everett
  Koop, M.D.

  “No one has a greater knowledge of the Washington health policy scene than Bob Laszewski—political, economic, social, and straight merit dimensions. Bob also has uncanny forecasting powers. And he calls the shots exactly as he sees them, unusual for
  Washington.”
  —John McLaughlin, The McLaughlin Group

  Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, Inc.

  Bob had twenty years of experience in the insurance industry, serving as a
  chief operating officer for nine of those years, before beginning his Washington DC policy and market consulting business in 1992.

  He has participated extensively in the nation’s health care debate and has
  been a regular contributor on the issue for a number of the national
  television and radio networks as well as major newspapers and trade
  journals.

  During the Affordable Care Act rollout, Bob was quoted repeatedly in major
  newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, USAToday, and the Los Angeles Times as well as in numerous Associated Press and Reuter’s articles.

  He appeared repeatedly during this period on The CBS Evening News, The
  NBC Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Fox News, CNN, CNBC, CBS Radio,
  and National Public Radio.

  His expertise continues to be sought by the national media as the nation’s
  health care debate continues and the market evolves.

  His Blog, Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review
  (http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/), is also quoted widely in the
  national media and is referred to as a “must read” source of information for
  health policy and marketplace developments.

  He has also participated globally having chaired two international meetings
  in Washington, DC on the issue of international prescription drug pricing
  and the use of medical technology in Europe compared to the U.S.

  His marketplace practice concentrates on how health insurance companies,
  HMOs, Blue Cross plans, pharmaceutical companies, and provider
  organizations come to grips with market and policy change.

  Bob combines a unique blend of 20 years of “inside the Beltway” experience
  with 20 years of operational experience having run a health insurance
  business.