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Sen. Wyden adds ex-health-care lobbyist to Finance team

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 5, 2023

Amid a push for mental-health-parity legislation, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has added a former health-care lobbyist to his Senate Finance staff.

Marielle Kress started with the committee this week as a senior health adviser. Her work will focus on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Wyden is in the middle of a drive to beef up mental-health-parity laws, including requiring it of Medicaid and Medicare plans.

This is Kress's first job on the Hill. She previously worked as an American Academy of Pediatrics director and lobbyist and as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services senior adviser. Most recently, she worked as an independent consultant.