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James Capretta

James Capretta focuses on health-care and entitlement reform, U.S. fiscal policy, and global population aging. He served in senior positions in the executive and legislative branches of the federal government for sixteen years.  From 2001 to 2004 during the George W. Bush administration, he was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where he had responsibility for health-care, Social Security, education, and welfare programs.

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