The Honorable Tommy Thompson on the Affordable Care Act, Prevention and Wellness

On the Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 Show our special guest is the Honorable Tommy Thompson.

Tommy Thompson served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is the longest serving Governor in State history. From 2001 to 2005 he served as the Secretary of HHS under President George W. Bush. After his time in the Bush Administration he served as a partner with the law firm Akin-Gump and the Chairman of Deloitte’s Global healthcare practice. He has also served on the Board of 22 organizations.

Governor Thompson has a wealth of knowledge regarding health care, Medicare, and prevention.

While Secretary, he launched initiatives to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, reorganized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to encourage greater responsiveness and efficiency, and clear the backlog of waivers and state plan amendments. He approved 1,400 state plans and waiver requests and thereby provided health insurance to 1.8 million lower-income Americans. In the aftermath of 9-11 he also worked on strengthening the nation's preparedness for a bio-terrorism attack, by stockpiling smallpox vaccines and investing heavily in state and local public health infrastructure.

We’ll explore his thoughts on the Affordable Care Act, Prevention and Wellness.