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Submit a question in advance or during the scheduled showtime by emailing ask@kaisernetwork.org.   PREVIOUS SHOWS: Ask the Experts: High Risk Pools 7/15/2008 Lesley Cummings, executive director, California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board Christina Nyquist, managing director, Office of Policy and Representation, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Karen Pollitz, research professor and project director, Georgetown Health Policy Institute Doug Stratton, chair, National Association of State Comprehensive Health Plans Ask the Experts: A Public Plan Option Under Health Reform 5/1/2008 Linda Blumberg, Ph.D., principal research associate, Urban Institute Stuart Butler, Ph.D., vice president, domestic and economic policy, Heritage Foundation Jacob Hacker, Ph.D., professor of political science and resident fellow, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University Tax Subsidies and Health Insurance 3/20/2008 Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., professor of health economics, Harvard School of Public Health Gary Claxton, vice president, Kaiser Family Foundation; director, Health Care Marketplace Project Jason Furman, Ph.D., senior Fellow and director, Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution Jack Meyer, Ph.D.,Health Management Associates Individual Mandates 1/31/2008 Michael Cannon, M.A., J.M., director, health policy studies, Cato Institute Sherry Glied, Ph.D., professor and chair, department of health policy and management, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health Len Nichols, Ph.D., director, health policy program, New America Foundation HIV Testing 6/26/2007 Bernard Branson, M.D., associate director, Laboratory Diagnostics Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A., vice president; director, HIV/AIDS Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation Murray Penner, deputy executive director, domestic programs, National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors HPV Vaccine 1/10/2007 Anne Schuchat, M.D., director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Renee Jenkins, M.D., professor and chair Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Howard University College of Medicine Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D., vice president and director, Women's Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D 11/14/2006 Leslie Norwalk, Esq., acting administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Judith Stein, Esq., executive director, Center for Medicare Advocacy Juliette Cubanski, Ph.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., principal policy analyst, Medicare Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation Price Transparency 7/25/2006 Gerard Anderson, Ph.D., professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Charles M. Cutler, M.D., vice president, national medical director, Quality and Clinical Integration, Aetna Robert Doherty, senior vice president, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American College of Physicians Mental Health Care 6/1/2006 Mike Fitzpatrick, M.S.W., executive director, National Alliance on Mental Illness Richard Frank, Ph.D., Margaret T. Morris professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Children's Health 4/4/2006 Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP, executive director, American Public Health Association Robin Rudowitz, M.P.A., principal policy analyst, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Christy Ferguson, J.D., president and CEO, FirstFocus Tuberculosis 2/16/2006 Joanne Carter, D.V.M., legislative director, RESULTS; chair, Stop TB Partnership's Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group Richard Chaisson, M.D., director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Tuberculosis Research and principal investigator, Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic (CREATE) Irene Koek, M.S., division chief, Infectious Diseases, Bureau for Global Health, USAID and chair, Coordinating Board, Stop TB Partnership State Health Care Initiatives 1/25/2006 Alice Burton, M.P.H., vice president, AcademyHealth and director, State Coverage Initiatives Stuart Butler, Ph.D., vice president of Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation John McDonough, Dr.P.H., executive director, Health Care for All Medicare Part D 10/6/2005 Julie Goon, director of Medicare Outreach and senior advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tricia Neuman, Sc.D., vice president, Kaiser Family Foundation and director, Medicare Policy Project Aileen Harper, M.H.S., executive director, Center for Health Care Rights Health Information Technology 6/30/2005 David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., national coordinator for National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Winston Price, M.D., FAAP, president, National Medical Association Dean A. Rosen, J.D., M.S., director of health policy, office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.) Medicaid 4/20/2005 Jim Frogue, M.Phil., state project director, Center for Health Transformation Alan Weil, J.D., M.P.P., executive director, National Academy for State Health Policy Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy, George Washington University's Department of Health Policy Medical Malpractice Reform 2/4/2005 Peter Budetti, M.D., J.D., chair, Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Scott Harrington, Ph.D., professor of Health Care Systems and Insurance and Risk Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Nicholas M. Pace, J.D., staff researcher, Institute for Civil Justice, RAND Corporation HIV/AIDS 11/30/2004 Peter Piot, M.D., executive director, UNAIDS American Indian/Alaska Native Health 9/27/2004 Charles Grim, D.D.S., M.H.S.A., director, Indian Health Services Jim Crouch, M.P.H., director, California Rural Indian Health Board Yvette Roubideaux, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Arizona Low-Cost AIDS Drugs 6/16/2004 Jen Kates, M.A., M.P.A., director, HIV/AIDS Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation David Hoos, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Mark Dybul, M.D., deputy chief medical officer, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Implementing the New Medicare Prescription Discount Card 5/25/2004 Michael McMullan, M.B.A., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Patricia Nemore, J.D., Center for Medicare Advocacy Julie James, Health Policy Alternatives Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care 4/5/2004 Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Ph.D., vice president and director, Race/Ethnicity and Health Care, Kaiser Family Foundation Georges Benjamin, M.D., F.A.C.P, executive director, American Public Health Association Alan Nelson, M.D., M.A.C.P., former chair of the IOM Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethic Disparities in Health Care The Budget - FY05 2/3/2004 Bill Hoagland, director of budget and appropriations, Office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy, George Washington University's Department of Health Policy Victoria Wachino, M.P.P., associate director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Drug Reimportation 12/2/2003 John E. Calfee, Ph.D., scholar, American Enteprise Institute Tom McGinnis, R.Ph., director, pharmacy affairs, FDA John Rother, J.D., director of policy and strategy, AARP HIV/AIDS 11/18/2003 Peter Piot, M.D., executive director, UNAIDS Medicare Prescription Drugs 10/15/2003 Marilyn Moon, Ph.D., vice president, director of health, American Institutes for Research Joe Antos, Ph.D., Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute Tricia Neuman, Sc.D., vice president and director, Medicare Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation   Sign up for email alerts and stay informed about upcoming HealthCasts, and the latest health policy issues, news, and events. 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