James C. Capretta

James C. Capretta is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies health care, entitlement, and US budgetary policy, as well as global trends in aging, health, and retirement programs. Capretta spent more than 16 years in public service before joining AEI. As an associate director at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget from 2001 to 2004, he was responsible for all health care, Social Security, welfare, labor, and education issues. Capretta is also a senior adviser to the Bipartisan Policy Center and has served on the advisory board of the National Institute for Health Care Management since 2011. He is a contributor to RealClearPolicy, and has been widely published in newspapers, magazines, and trade journals. Capretta has an MA in public policy studies from Duke University and a BA in government from the University of Notre Dame.