Benefits Think News You Can Use: List ranks most powerful people in health care

Published August 28, 2009 9:00 AM EDT Updated August 27, 2009 11:38 AM EDT 2 Min Read

I love ranked lists — the top 100 movies of all time, top 20 Beatles songs ever, 1000 places to see before you die — but this one has actual professional value, which makes it even better.

Modern Healthcare magazine has released its annual list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. Now in its eighth year, the mag puts President Obama at the top of the 2009 list, followed by several of his close friends and foes on health care reform: Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (No. 2), Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont; No. 4) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa; No. 5).

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