Elizabeth Jurinka most recently served as Chief Health Advisor to Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and the Senate Finance Committee. During her time on the Committee, Jurinka oversaw passage of several major health care bills including the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), the longest CHIP extension since the program’s enactment, and chronic care reform; and led the development of arguments and strategy against several attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Jurinka spearheaded negotiations with the Committee Republicans on prescription drug pricing reform, resulting in Senate Finance Committee passage of the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA). Prior to her ten years in the Senate, she worked for Congresswoman Melissa L. Bean (IL-8). Born in Washington, DC and raised in Maryland, Elizabeth graduated from University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in government and received her master’s in government from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two daughters.
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