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Article: Kahn, About To Leave HIAA, Reflects On The Health Care Industry.(Charles Kahn leaves Health Insurance Association of America to join Federation of American Hospitals, as president)
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- National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition
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- June 11, 2001
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Charles "Chip" Kahn III, president of the Health Insurance Association of America, Washington, plans to leave HIAA June 17 and take over as president of the Federation of American Hospitals.
The federation has a national office on Pennsylvania Avenue, only six blocks away from HIAA's office on F Street, but it and HIAA are often lightyears apart on health policy matters.
Kahn is best known for his work at HIAA. In 1993 and 1994, he was in charge of developing the famous "Harry and Louise" advertising campaign that turned the tide against the Clinton health care reform proposals.
Kahn returned to HIAA in 1998, when it faced stiff competition from ...