FRANKFORT — It might seem the job description for a public policy super hero.

        Help direct the fractious debate on the intractable topic of health care, nudge a government bureaucracy criticized on almost all fronts and help craft solutions to problems that have defied generations.

        “Maybe it jumps out and looks like superman when it's on pa per,” said Henry Wagner, president of Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services. “That's why we want to make a difference. That's why we exist.”

        The “we” is the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, created last year with a $45 million endowment and with big plans for the future. The endowment came from a settlement the state received from Anthem after a lawsuit over its 1993 merger with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky, which alleged charitable assets were improperly transferred out of state.

        Although there was much grumbling from the General As sembly that the settlement should be spent with legislative direction, the foundation was appointed in part by the attorney general.

        “Our impact is going to be influencing how others spend their money. State government would be the major one,” said Laurel True, a retired state government executive and chairman of the foundation.

        Mr. Wagner, who is chairman of the committee searching for an executive director, said large topics like reforming Medicare can be tackled. “We're spending all that money and finding at the end of the day it could have been done better.”

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