Baker Hired On at MRC

NEW YORK — Joseph Baker has been hired as president of the
Medicare
Rights Center, a national nonprofit consumer organization that
works on access to health care for older adults and people with
disabilities. Baker served as a senior policy advisor in the
administrations of New York Govs. David Paterson and Eliot Spitzer.
“We are thrilled to have Joe Baker take the helm of the Medicare
Rights Center at a time when fundamental reforms to our health care
system are on the national agenda,” said MRC Board Chairman Bruce
Vladeck, former administrator of the Health Care Financing
Administration (CMS’ predecessor) in the Clinton administration.
Baker replaces Robert M. Hayes, who stepped down in February after
seven years as president and general counsel.