Oliver Kim

Oliver Kim brings nearly fifteen years of health policy experience at the state and federal level. He is also co-founder to the Cross-Border Health Dialogue, an organization that supports dialogue between the United States and other nations around common health priorities.

Kim served as deputy director for the Senate Aging Committee under Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL).  He oversaw the committee’s oversight work on issues facing seniors such as Medicare, Medicaid, drug pricing, and the Older Americans Act. For example, Kim lead efforts for a new Medicare reimbursement policy on advance care planning, and oversaw investigations on generic drug utilization and network adequacy in Medicare Advantage.

Prior to his tenure with the Aging Committee, Kim served as legislative director for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, overseeing congressional relations during one of the most critical times in the organization’s history.  He also served as senior counsel to Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for eight years, working primarily on health and human service issues. During his time with Senator Stabenow, he worked on several critical initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare Modernization Act, the American Revitalization and Recovery Act and reauthorizations of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Child Nutrition programs and the Farm Bill.

Kim has his BA from Indiana University, JD from the University of Minnesota, and LLM from Georgetown University. He was selected for the Woodrow Wilson foreign policy fellowship, the AcademyHealth Health Policy in Action award, and the American Council of Young Political Leaders’ exchange program.