"Making the Pieces Fit: The Economy, Health Care, and Aging Policy" 3/31/2003
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging & Center for Aging Policy 9th Annual Legislative Briefing, Washington, D.C.
Briefing with administration officials, congressional leaders, and budget analysts, and polling experts to discuss the November 2002 mid-term elections, how the political parties plan to address aging issues in the 108th Congress as they prepare for the 2004 presidential election cycle, and current key legislative proposals dealing with senior issues and aging policy.
Welcome and n4a/CAP Overview and "The Mid-Term Elections and Party Agenda"
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Welcome and n4a/CAP
Speakers Include: Bob McFalls, president, n4a; Jim McConnell, president, CAP; and Michael O'Donnell, chair, n4a Grassroots Committee.
"The Mid-Term Elections and Party Agenda"
Speakers Include: Jane Loewenson, Office of Senator Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Senate Minority Leader; Celinda Lake, president, Lake, Snell, Perry & Associates; and Ed Goeas, executive director, The Tarrance Group.
"Health Care Forum: Advancing Long-Term Care," "Special Committee on Aging Agenda," and "Prospects for Prescription Drug Benefit"
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"Health Care Forum: Advancing Long-Term Care"
Moderator: Judy Feder, Dean of Health Care Policy Studies, Georgetown University
Panelists Include: Barbara Lyons, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; Matt Salo, National Governors Association; and Marty Ford, The Arc of the United States.
"Special Committee on Aging Agenda"
Speakers: Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho), chairman, Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Elaine Dalpiaz, staff, Sen. John Breaux (D-LA).
"Prospects for Prescription Drug Benefit"
Moderator: Priscilla Chapman, Chairman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Speakers Include: David Nexon, Health Policy Director, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA); Mark Hayes, Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA); and Timothy Trysla, Policy Advisor to Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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