About Gail Wilensky
Lived 1943 – 2024 (aged 81). Gail Wilensky was an American economist and health economist, known for Project HOPE.
Gail R. Wilensky (June 14, 1943 – July 11, 2024) was an American health economist who worked for Republican administrations and candidacies.
Life and career Wilensky headed Medicare under the first president Bush and last worked at Project HOPE. She received an honorary degree from New York Institute of Technology.
Wilensky received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a PhD in economics at the University of Michigan.
Wilensky later served as an external advisory board member for the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics (CHIBE).
Wilensky died on July 11, 2024, at the age of 81.
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American health economist
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Gail Wilensky was born on 14 June 1943.
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Gail Wilensky died on 11 July 2024.
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Gail Wilensky was an economist and health economist.
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Gail Wilensky was known for Project HOPE.
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