Lauren E. Aronson
Partner, Mehlman Consulting
Lauren Aronson is a health policy expert with an insider’s understanding of how to navigate the political landscape to get things done in Washington. She joined Mehlman Consulting in 2015 after serving in senior positions in both the Executive branch and Congress. Her expertise in the intricacies of health policy, combined with her many years in the trenches of policymaking on Capitol Hill and in the Obama Administration, enables her to provide clients with broad perspective. Aronson is uniquely equipped to help health clients achieve policy and political objectives.
Prior
to joining the firm, Aronson spent three years at the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS), where she directed the Office of Legislation and led
the Agency’s interactions with Capitol Hill. Before joining CMS, Aronson served
as a Professional Staff Member for the House Ways and Means Committee, working
on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D payment policies.
Aronson
served in the White House under President Obama as the Policy Director in the
Office of Health Reform. She was a key member of the Administration’s team
working to enact the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health
care law.
Earlier
in her career, Aronson was Health Policy Advisor to then-Rep. Rahm Emanuel
(D-IL), a member of the House Democratic Leadership and Ways and Means
Committee. She also worked as a Policy Analyst with Christopher Jennings at
Jennings Policy Strategies.