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Paul N. Van de Water

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Paul N. Van de Water, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he specializes in Social Security, Medicare, and federal budget issues. Dr. Van de Water’s previous positions include vice president for Health Policy at the National Academy of Social Insurance, assistant deputy commissioner for Policy at the Social Security Administration, associate commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics at Social Security, and assistant director for Budget Analysis at the Congressional Budget Office. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.