Herewith an interview with Marilyn Tavenner, the former CMS administrator who last year took over the leadership of America’s Health Insurance Plans, that industry’s leading lobbyist.

She talks about such challenges as getting UnitedHealth Group, the largest health insurer in the nation, and  Aetna  back into AHIP, as well as expanding Medicare Advantage membership, improving Medicaid managed care, the increasingly hot issue of pharmaceuticals pricing and healthcare delivery-system reform.