ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force

Health and Human Services Task Force:

Co-Chairs

Leah Vukmir (R-WI), Public Sector Chair^[1]
Marianne Eterno (Guarantee Trust Life Insurance), Private Sector Chair^[2]

Guarantee Trust Life Insurance is a company based in Glenview, IL that provides insurance to K-12 schools, community and junior colleges and universities as well as athletic groups, camps, child care, and special events. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company is a private company and does not publicize its annual revenue. Its website has the following information: $190 million in invested assets, $177 million in total liabilities, $131 million in total reserve for life policies and contracts, and accident and health policies, and $42 million in net surplus.^[3]

Corporate Executive Committee

(For-profit, Trade or Other Group)

Jeff A. Buel (Director of State Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson)^[4]

Buel worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca before joining Johnson & Johnson in 2000. He represents Johnson & Johnson at PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry's chief trade association, as New Mexico chair and Arizona vice chair. He lobbies for Johnson & Johnson in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah.^[5]

Kristin Parde (Director of State Policy, PhRMA)^[6]

Parde is the PhRMA policy liaison to the southeast and midwest regions of the United States. She was previously the ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Director (a staff position) and managed ALEC's Disorder in the Court Project. She has also worked for the Institute for Justice."^[7]

Politicians

Charlice Byrd (R-GA)^[8]
Judson Hill (R-GA)^[9]
Linda Upmeyer (R-IA), Former Public Sector Chairperson^[10]
Renee Unterman (R-GA)^[11]

Staff

Christie Herrera, Director^[12]
Monica Mastracco, Legislative Assistant^[13]
Dave Myslinski, Former Legislative Assistant^[14]

ALEC Health Care Task Force in 1993

For reference, the National Task Force on Health Care in 1993 (when ALEC members fought Hillary Clinton's health reform effort)^[15] included:^[16]

Co-Chairman Rep. Tom Wilder (GA)
Corporate Co-Chairman Spencer Hathaway (Syntex Laboratories, Inc.)
Legislative Director Molly Hering
Legislative Assistant Barbara Perez

Executive Committee

=Politicians

Rep. Steve McDaniels (R-TN)
Rep. David Hale (MO)
Rep. Pat Blake (R-AZ)
Rep. Howard Hendrick (R-OK)
Rep. Dale Van Vyven (R-OH, deceased 2010)
Sen. Jim Neal (DE)
Rep. Karen Steele (VT)

Corporate, Trade Group, or other Group Members

CIBA-GEIGY
Industrial Biotechnology Association
Nationwide Insurance
National Association for Home Care
Solvay Pharmaceutical
National Business Association
Hoffman-LaRoche
Council for Affordable Health Insurance
The Traveler's Companies
PFL Life Insurance Company
Georgia Medical Assocation
National Health Insurance
Schering-Plough (since acquired by Merck)
General Electric Medical Systems
Humana Corporation
Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association
Texas Medical Association
Hoechst-Roussell Pharmaceutical Corporation
Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline)
Johnson & Johnson
Rhone-Poulene Rourer
Parke-Davis
Glaxo, Inc. (now GlaxoSmithKline)
Association of Health Insurance Agents
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (now the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA)
Health Insurance Association of America (merged with American Association of Health Plans in 2003 to become America’s Health Insurance Plans or AHIP)
National Association of the Self-Employed
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Genentech, Inc.
Imperial Chemical Industries Pharmaceuticals (acquired by AkzoNobel in January 2008)^[17]
Merck, Sharp & Dohme
The UpJohn Company (now Pharmacia AB)
Boehringer Ingelheim
The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company
Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Golden Rule Insurance
Lederle Laboratories
Long Term Care, Inc.
Wallace Laboratories
Central Reserve Life

Task Force "Advisors"

Prof. Leonard "Jack" Nelson (Cumberland Law School)
Ed Haislmaier (Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and a member of the board of directors of the National Center for Public Policy Research)^[18]
Wendell Cox (then the ALEC Director of State Legislation and Policy, and in 2011 Senior Fellow of Urban Growth and Transit Policy at the Heartland Institute^[19])
Jimmy Mason (Senior Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)^[20]

Legislative Members

Rep. Ron Johnson (AL)
Rep. Bill Filanle (CA)
Sen. Herman Holloway (DE)
Rep. David Thomas (FL)
Rep. Evan Frasure (ID)
Sen. Patricia Miller (IN)
Rep. Susan Stokes (KY)
Rep. William Constantino (MA)
Rep. Tony Onnen (MN)
Rep. Jim Barnett (MS)
Rep. Fred Thomas (MT)
Rep. Mary Holmes (NH)
Sen. Tarky Lombardi (NY)
Sen. Donna Nalewaja (ND)
Rep. Robert Netzley (OH)
Sen. Ron Peterson (PA)
Rep. Joan Quick (RI)
Rep. Walt Bain (VT)
Del. Steve Martin (VA)
Rep. Peggy Rosenzweig (WI)
Rep. Les Bowren (WY)
Sen. Jan Brewer (AZ)
Rep. Philip Pankey (CO)
Rep. George Albright (FL)
Rep. Anne Mueller (GA)
Rep. Donna Jones (ID)
Rep. Dolores Mertz (IA)
Sen. Gerry Hinton (LA)
Rep. Carl Gnodtke (MI)
Rep. Dorothy Cole (MS)
Rep. Bonnie Sue Cooper (MO)
Rep. David Humke (NV)
Rep. Nicholas Felice (NJ)
Rep. Theresa Esposito (NC)
Rep. Ken Svedjan (ND)
Rep. Mary Fallin (OK)
Rep. Donald Snyder (PA)
Rep. Edward Marrapese (RI)
Sen. John Holgren (VT)
Sen. James West (WA)
Rep. Gregg Underheim (WI)
Rep. Rick Tempest (WY)
Rep. Bob Watts (AR)
Sen. George "Doc" Gunther (CT)
Rep. Dennis Jones (FL)
Sen. Stan Koki (HI)
Rep. Manny Hoffman (IL)
Sen. Dick Roeding (KY)
Del. Martha Klima (MD)
Rep. Dave Gruenes (MN)
Sen. Robert G. Huggins (MS)
Rep. Mike Foster (MT)
Sen. Ray Rawson (NV)
Sen. Anthony Williams (NM)
Rep. Richard Morgan (NC)
Sen. Grace Drake (OH)
Sen. Bob Shoemaker (OR)
Rep. Dave King (PA)
Rep. Jack Harris (TX)
Sen. Steven Rees (UT)
Sen. Leonard Anderson (WV)
Rep. Frank Urban (WI)
Sen. Gail Zimmerman (WY)

About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Articles and resources

References

↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Health and Human Services Task Force, organization website, accessed May 27, 2011
↑ Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.
↑ Guarantee Trust Life Insurance About Us: Financial Information, company website, accessed June 14, 2011
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 2, 2011
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Jeff A. Buel, organizational bio, accessed June 2, 2011
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 2, 2011
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Kristin Parde], organizational bio, accessed June 2, 2011
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Apr. 2010, organization newsletter, April 2010, p. 3
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jul. 2010, organization newsletter, July 2010, p. 5
↑ Inside ALEC July 10, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011, p. 23
↑ Inside ALEC July 10, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011, p. 27
↑ Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.
↑ Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jan. 2009, organization newsletter, January 2009, p. 10
↑ Heartland Institute A Brief History of Health Savings Accounts, Health Care News, organization newsletter, December 1, 2004
↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Keeping the Promise: Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable for All Americans, January 1993
↑ AkzoNobel Information about the former ICI, press release, accessed April 21, 2009.
↑ Heritage Foundation Edmund Haislmaier, organization biography, accessed June 10, 2011
↑ Heartland Institute Personnel Details: Mr. Wendell Cox, organization biography, accessed June 10, 2011
↑ U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Headquarters Staff, government website, accessed June 10, 2011

External resources

External articles

[1] American Legislative Exchange Council Health and Human Services Task Force, organization website, accessed May 27, 2011

[2] Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.

[3] Guarantee Trust Life Insurance About Us: Financial Information, company website, accessed June 14, 2011

[4] American Legislative Exchange Council Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 2, 2011

[5] American Legislative Exchange Council Jeff A. Buel, organizational bio, accessed June 2, 2011

[6] American Legislative Exchange Council Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 2, 2011

[7] American Legislative Exchange Council Kristin Parde], organizational bio, accessed June 2, 2011

[8] American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Apr. 2010, organization newsletter, April 2010, p. 3

[9] American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jul. 2010, organization newsletter, July 2010, p. 5

[10] Inside ALEC July 10, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011, p. 23

[11] Inside ALEC July 10, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011, p. 27

[12] Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.

[13] Health and Human Services, Alec.org website, Accessed July 6, 2011.

[14] American Legislative Exchange Council Inside ALEC Jan. 2009, organization newsletter, January 2009, p. 10

[15] Heartland Institute A Brief History of Health Savings Accounts, Health Care News, organization newsletter, December 1, 2004

[16] American Legislative Exchange Council Keeping the Promise: Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable for All Americans, January 1993

[17] AkzoNobel Information about the former ICI, press release, accessed April 21, 2009.

[18] Heritage Foundation Edmund Haislmaier, organization biography, accessed June 10, 2011

[19] Heartland Institute Personnel Details: Mr. Wendell Cox, organization biography, accessed June 10, 2011

[20] U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Headquarters Staff, government website, accessed June 10, 2011

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