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Hill staffer and former health lobbyist joins Blue Cross

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 7, 2015

A Democratic health subcommittee staffer has left Capitol Hill for a new federal relations job with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Edward Q. Garcia served as a professional staff member until December on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee before transitioning to Blue Cross as director of federal relations. He started as a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services detailee in March 2013.

Prior to working for Congress, Garcia was a lobbyist. He filed lobbying papers in 2005 when he was a legislative analyst at Washington Health Advocates, where he worked from 2004-7. He holds a master's in health science from Johns Hopkins University and bachelor's in political science and government from Boston University.