"Health Care Reform: A Moral and Fiscal Imperative"
Get background from a state and national perspective on health care issues that shape the debate: affordability, quality and access. Hear Hill's thoughts on the course of health care reform and the implications for families, employers and governments.
Hill encourages guests to read "The Cost Conundrum" before attending the lecture <<Read it online
Steven R. Hill, Administrator
Washington State Health care Authority
Steve Hill was appointed in May 2005 as the administrator of the Washington State Health Care Authority which oversees health care plans for public employees and the state's Basic Health Care program for low-income residents. He is also the director of the Department of Retirement Systems (since February 2009). Hill's dual role in state government is part of a plan to improve customer satisfaction and streamline government operations between DRS and HCA. Hill chairs the state's Public Employees Benefit Board; serves on the State Investment Board; is a member of the Select Committee on Pension Policy; and serves on the Governor's Health Policy Team.
Hill was senior vice president of human resources for the Weyerhaeuser Company, president of the Health Care Purchasers of Puget Sound and served on the state's Hospital Rate-Setting Commission. He is a member of the first class of the American Leadership Forum Chapter for Tacoma-Pierce County and on the board of directors for Consumers Union, the Washington Public Affairs Network and the Puget Sound Health Alliance. In 1978 he was appointed a White House Fellow and served as a staff assistant in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy.
A former Regent for Washington State University, Hill received a Bachelor of Science degree in forest management from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and received an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971.