Leif Wellington Haase

Gov. Bill Richardson [D-NM] on Tuesday fleshed out his $100 billion national plan for universal health care, which contains a few unique features but fails to set him far apart from the other Democratic presidential candidates, according to one analyst.

“I think it’s a very sensible plan, but it doesn’t differentiate him from the pack,” Leif Wellington Haase, director of New America Foundation’s California program and former health care fellow at The Century Foundation, said in a telephone interview.

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Leif Wellington Haase is Director of New America's California Program, which aims to improve the state's public debate by sponsoring a wide range of research, writing, and events on issues of critical importance to the future of California. His primary responsibilities include promoting the work of New America's programs and… more

WASHINGTON, DC (May 22, 2007) — The New America Foundation is pleased to announce that Leif Wellington Haase will take over the reigns of its California Program in Sacramento. Haase will lead ongoing efforts to advance ground-breaking policy solutions to the state’s problems while enriching the quality of public debate in our nation’s leading laboratory of democracy. Gregory Rodriguez, who will continue as Irvine Senior Fellow, will assume additional responsibilities as Director of the California Fellows Program. Mark Paul, a… more