Robert Laszewski

Robert Laszewski is President of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.

Bob had twenty years of experience in the insurance industry, serving as a chief operating officer for nine of those years, before beginning his Washington DC policy and market consulting business.

He has participated extensively in the nation’s health care debate and has been a regular contributor on the issue for a number of the national television and radio networks as well as major newspapers and trade journals.

Bob has been quoted regularly in major newspapers and websites including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, USAToday, Huffington Post, and the Los Angeles Times as well as in numerous Associated Press and Reuter’s articles.

He has appeared regularly on outlets including The CBS Evening News, The NBC Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Fox News, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC,CBS Radio, and National Public Radio.

His Blog, Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review (healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com), is also quoted widely in the national media and is referred to as a “must read” source of information for health policy and marketplace developments.

He has also participated globally having chaired two international meetings in Washington, DC on the issue of international prescription drug pricing and the use of medical technology in Europe compared to the U.S.

His marketplace practice concentrates on how employers, health insurance companies, HMOs, Blue Cross plans, pharmaceutical companies, and provider organizations come to grips with market and policy change.

Bob combines a unique blend of 20 years of “inside the Beltway” experience with 20 years of operational experience having run a health insurance business. He is a well known and highly regarded expert on health care policy and business of health care.