Her team focuses on creating policies to influence the costs and benefits of those trade-offs.

FORBES: The On-the-Ground Reality of Women Leaders

As long as federal officials are pursuing the dual goals of exerting influence over the prescribing habits of medical professionals and reducing healthcare costs, they should acknowledge that therein lurks a potential conflict of interest.

FORBES: A Lack of Government Transparency: The Devil In The Detailing

But a lesson of the past century is that government can influence the behavior of big corporations, by requiring transparency about their performance and costs, and by enacting rules and limitations to protect the ordinary citizen.

NEWYORKER: Big Med

He will rebuild our frayed alliances and revitalize the international institutions which help to share the costs of the world's problems and to leverage our power and influence.

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