Elizabeth Fowler

Elizabeth Fowler rejoined the Senate Finance Committee in March 2008 to serve as Senior Counsel to the Chair and Chief Health Counsel. She has responsibility for overseeing health policy issues within the Committee's jurisdiction, including Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, health tax issues and initiatives to provide health coverage for the uninsured. During her hiatus from the Finance Committee, Liz was Vice President of Public Policy for WellPoint, Inc. Liz has nearly 20 years of experience in health services research and health policy. She was an attorney with the Washington law firm Hogan & Hartson, and she spent nearly five years as a health services researcher with HealthSystem Minnesota. Liz received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where her research focused on risk adjustment, and a law degree (J.D.) from the University of Minnesota. She is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland.