The 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare

1. Barack Obama
President of the United States,
Washington

2. Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary,
HHS,
Washington

3. Nancy-Ann DeParle
Director,
White House Office of Health Reform,
Washington

4. Max Baucus
U.S. Senator (D-Mont.)
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee,
Washington

5. Chuck Grassley
U.S. senator (R-Iowa),
Ranking member, Senate Finance Committee,
Washington

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13. Bill Gates
Chairman, Microsoft Corp.;
co-founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
Redmond, Wash.

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14. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor, State of California,
Sacramento

15. Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.), speaker of the House,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

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17. Steve Burd
President and CEOz,
Safeway stores, Pleasanton, Calif., and an early advocate for national healthcare reform

18. Sister Carol Keehan
President,
Catholic Health Association,
Washington

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64. Paul Tang
Vice president and chief medical information officer,
Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation

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