April 10, 2009

Ezekiel Emanuel '79 in L. A. Times profile

Noting his more famous younger brothers Rahm and Ari, the Los Angeles Times today ran a short front-page profile of Ezekiel Emanuel ‘79, the brother “they think could someday win the Nobel Prize.”

Now Ezekiel Emanuel has become something of a public figure as he tries to help the Obama administration overhaul America’s healthcare system.

It’s an enormously difficult task, given the nation’s economic problems. And while Zeke, as everyone calls him, has impressive medical and policy credentials — not to mention the ear of Rahm, the president’s chief of staff, with whom he talks every day — he has never been part of a political team or toed a party line. The changes he has championed — to give all Americans insurance vouchers and get rid of the employer-based healthcare coverage — bear little resemblance to those embraced by the president.

Brian Meacham '97 | April 10, 2009 07:57 PM | Alumni

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