Topher Spiro
Managing Director, Health Policy
Topher Spiro is the Managing Director of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress, where he has primary responsibility for developing and managing all aspects of American Progress’s work across a broad range of issues, including implementation of the Affordable Care Act and cost containment.
Prior to joining the Center, Spiro worked on health care reform at both the federal and state levels. He served as deputy staff director for health policy for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions under Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). At the committee, Spiro was a member of the team that drafted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. He has also served in other senior roles in the Senate, as senior policy advisor for Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and for the Senate Special Committee on Aging. In addition to his Senate service, Spiro served as health policy director for the Rhode Island Healthcare Reform Commission, where he coordinated implementation of health reform and led the stakeholder consultation process for the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange.
Spiro received his B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Articles by Topher Spiro
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Why Jeffrey Toobin Is Wrong About the Supreme Court and Obamacare,
April 4, 2012
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If Medicare for All Is Constitutional, So Is Obamacare,
March 28, 2012
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Latest House Republican Budget Threatens Medicare and Shreds the Safety Net,
March 20, 2012
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The Independent Payment Advisory Board,
March 5, 2012
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The Case for the Individual Mandate in Health Care Reform,
February 8, 2012
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Comments on Essential Health Benefits,
January 30, 2012
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The Inherent Flaws in Medicare Premium Support,
December 16, 2011
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Expand Competitive Bidding in Medicare,
October 26, 2011
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Cut Administrative Costs in the Health System,
October 26, 2011
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Replace Fee-for-Service with Bundled Payments in Medicare,
October 26, 2011
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How the Federal Government Can Save $100 Billion or More in Health-Care Costs,
October 26, 2011
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Pay for Interventions That Work in Medicare,
October 26, 2011
- The Impact of Employer Responsibility Under the Affordable Care Act, October 13, 2011
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The Impact of Employer Responsibility Under the Affordable Care Act (Congressional Testimony),
October 13, 2011
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House Bill Costs More Than It Saves by Cutting Health Care,
October 12, 2011
