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Email this Webcast Support Files Hadley and Holahan Slides   (.pdf)    News Release   (.pdf)    Speaker Biographies   (.pdf)    Related Links Additional resources and webcasts for Cover the Uninsured Week "The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What Do We Spend & Who Pays?"  5/10/2004 Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, D.C. On the first day of Cover the Uninsured Week (May 10 - 16), the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released "The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What Do We Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending?" This issue update examined the following questions: How much care do the uninsured receive? How much do we spend on that care? What is the source of the current spending? How much would health spending rise if the uninsured were given coverage? Speakers: ( video ) ( transcript ) Introductions and Opening Remarks Diane Rowland, Sc.D., (moderator) executive director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and Executive Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H., senior vice president and director, Health Policy Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Presentation of Findings Jack Hadley, Ph.D., principal research associate, The Urban Institute John Holahan, Ph.D., director of Health Policy, The Urban Institute Perspectives and Discussion James Mongan, M.D., president & CEO, Partners HealthCare System Wilhelmine Miller, M.S., Ph.D., senior program officer, Institute of Medicine Regina Benjamin, M.D., founder & CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic Jack Meyer, Ph.D., founder & president, Economic and Social Research Institute     Sign up for email alerts and stay informed about upcoming HealthCasts, and the latest health policy issues, news, and events. Not sure if your computer is set up to view a HealthCast? For technical support on this or other issues: Consult our Frequently Asked Questions or How to View. Contact us by email with any comments, problems, suggestions. Call the kaisernetwork.org Help Desk at 202-347-5270. Change Your Video Preferences ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... About Us     Help