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How Jay Rockefeller Leveraged Dynastic Wealth to Reshape American Healthcare

How Jay Rockefeller Leveraged Dynastic Wealth to Reshape American Healthcare

Washington, Friday, 6 November 2026.
Despite his oil-dynasty heritage, former Senator Jay Rockefeller, who died Friday at 89, dedicated his career to expanding low-income healthcare, co-authoring CHIP to cover millions of uninsured children.