VA HR397

Virginia House Resolution honoring Abby L. Block, a federal health policy expert who died in 2025 after a distinguished career improving health care and benefits for millions of Americans

Served 25 years at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1979-2004), becoming the nation's foremost expert on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)

Architected major federal benefit initiatives including the Flexible Spending Accounts Program, Long Term Care Insurance Program, and Patients' Bill of Rights

Joined Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2004 as Director of the Center for Beneficiary Choices, leading implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit

Received OPM's Theodore Roosevelt Award for Distinguished Career Service and frequently testified before Congress across multiple presidential administrations