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1992.03.06 :  Appointment -- J. Michael Hudson

Contact:  HHS Press Office (202) 245-6343
March 6, 1992

        HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today named J.
Michael Hudson to serve as acting administrator of the Health
Care Financing Administration.  Hudson has been deputy
administrator of the agency since Feb. 5, 1990.
        Previously, Hudson was the director of public policy
analysis at the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand.  His past
government experience included positions of assistant secretary
of the Treasury for legislative affairs, special assistant to the
president for legislative affairs, and director of legislative
affairs for the Office of Management and Budget.
        Hudson, a native of Texas, served on the staffs of U.S.
Representative Tom Loeffler and the late U.S. Senator John Tower.
        He and his wife reside in the District of Columbia.
        Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., HCFA administrator since
February 1990, will serve as deputy assistant to the president
for policy development beginning March 9.
       
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