1. Kenneth E. Thorpe ( ) is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.
2. Lydia L. Ogden is on assignment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is currently chief of staff for the Center for Entitlement Reform and a doctoral candidate in health services research and health policy at the Rollins School of Public Health.
3. Katya Galactionova is a research analyst at the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health.