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As a senior fellow at Project HOPE, an international health education foundation, Gail Wilensky analyzes and formulates health policy. She is also co-chair of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans. Wilensky, 61, frequently testifies before Congress, advises members of Congress and speaks for professional, business and consumer groups. She was chairwoman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and served for two years as administrator of HCFA (now the CMS).