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Philip Lebherz
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Founder and Chief Executive Director

Philip Lebherz is the Founder and Chief Executive Director of the Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE), a non-profit organization based in California. FHCE evolved in response to the growing number of uninsured Californians. The FHCE mission is to simplify public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage.

As a health insurance industry veteran, Mr. Lebherz has been helping Californians find health coverage since 1977. In 2002, he began researching the number of uninsured Californians and discovered a startling fact: a significant number were actually eligible for subsidized or low cost programs but just not enrolled. Obviously the system was not as broken as the media made it out to be. As he continued to collect evidence, it was clear that the complex, confusing and sometimes even frightening enrollment process was a key factor in the under-enrollment of already available programs.

Committed to simplifying the access process, Mr. Lebherz embarked on a campaign to Reframe the Debate concerning the uninsured, launching the Foundation for Health Coverage Education at the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. in 2003. FHCE's Coverage For All campaign increased health care enrollment awareness in California and has recently created and launched a national model that helps to educate consumers, health care professionals, legislators and the insurance industry to close the affordability and accessibility gap in all 50 states across the country.

As the 'numbers guru' on the country's uninsured, Mr. Lebherz has lectured before the National Association of Health Underwriters as well as California legislative forums and Rotary Clubs. He has also served as a health care strategist for members of the Hoover Institute.

Mr. Lebherz is the Founder & Chairman of Lebherz Insurance Services Inc. (LISI) which he founded in 1977 with a staff of five. Today, LISI serves over 12,000 brokers from six fully-staffed offices statewide and is the largest general agency in California. Mr. Lebherz resides in the Bay Area with his wife and four children where he is an active member of his local school board and a participant in many community projects beyond the Bay Area, including a college-prep school for underprivileged children in San Diego County.
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Subscribe Current Issue Contributors Event Calendar Resources Market Place Everyday Heroes PSN Downloads Contests PSN Channel Press Room Partners	Bios Philip Lebherz Contributor Founder and Chief Executive Director Philip Lebherz is the Founder and Chief Executive Director of the Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE), a non-profit organization based in California. FHCE evolved in response to the growing number of uninsured Californians. The FHCE mission is to simplify public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. As a health insurance industry veteran, Mr. Lebherz has been helping Californians find health coverage since 1977. In 2002, he began researching the number of uninsured Californians and discovered a startling fact: a significant number were actually eligible for subsidized or low cost programs but just not enrolled. Obviously the system was not as broken as the media made it out to be. As he continued to collect evidence, it was clear that the complex, confusing and sometimes even frightening enrollment process was a key factor in the under-enrollment of already available programs. Committed to simplifying the access process, Mr. Lebherz embarked on a campaign to Reframe the Debate concerning the uninsured, launching the Foundation for Health Coverage Education at the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. in 2003. FHCE's Coverage For All campaign increased health care enrollment awareness in California and has recently created and launched a national model that helps to educate consumers, health care professionals, legislators and the insurance industry to close the affordability and accessibility gap in all 50 states across the country. As the 'numbers guru' on the country's uninsured, Mr. Lebherz has lectured before the National Association of Health Underwriters as well as California legislative forums and Rotary Clubs. He has also served as a health care strategist for members of the Hoover Institute. Mr. Lebherz is the Founder & Chairman of Lebherz Insurance Services Inc. (LISI) which he founded in 1977 with a staff of five. Today, LISI serves over 12,000 brokers from six fully-staffed offices statewide and is the largest general agency in California. Mr. Lebherz resides in the Bay Area with his wife and four children where he is an active member of his local school board and a participant in many community projects beyond the Bay Area, including a college-prep school for underprivileged children in San Diego County. Website: www.coverageforall.org E-mail:
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