Robert Danton Reischauer (born 1941) is an economist and was one of the two public trustees of the Medicare and

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. He is a nationally known expert on the federal budget, health reform, Medicare, and Social Security. Most recently (2000–2012) he served as president of the

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, a

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based in

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He is the son of Japan scholar Edwin O. Reischauer.

Career

Congressional Budget Office

Reischauer was director of the

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(CBO) from 1989 to 1995. He helped

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set up the CBO in 1975, and served as the assistant director for human resources and its deputy director between 1977 and 1981.Congressional Budget Office: Staffing and Organization
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Urban Institute and Brookings Institution

Reischauer served as senior vice president of the

from 1981 to 1986. He was a senior fellow of economic studies at the

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from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 2000. He began his tenure as the second president of the Urban Institute in February 2000 and left that role in 2012.Urban Institute Officers
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Board Memberships and Expert Commentary

Reischauer serves on the boards of several educational and nonprofit organizations, including the

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. He was a member of the

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is an independent, non-partisan legislative branch agency headquartered in Washington, D.C. MedPAC was established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105–33). The BBA formed MedPAC by mer ...

from 2000 to 2009 and was its vice chair from 2001 to 2008. He frequently contributes to the opinion pages of the nation's major newspapers, comments on public policy developments on radio and television, and testifies before congressional committees.Testimony and Commentary from author Robert D. Reischauer
The Urban Institute Reischauer was also Senior Fellow of the

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from 2010 to 2014.

Education

Reischauer attended

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(A.B. in political science) and

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(M.I.A. in International Relations and Ph.D. in economics).

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reischauer, Robert 21st-century American economists Living people School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Directors of the Congressional Budget Office 1941 births Harvard University alumni Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Urban Institute people Members of the National Academy of Medicine