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Alwyn Cassil, director of public affairs, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, D.C.
Nicole Duritz, health care portfolio director, AARP, Washington, D.C.
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, executive vice president for programs , director of the Commission on a High Performance Health System, the Commonwealth Fund, New York.
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