The 2004 Annual Meeting for the National Conference of State Legislatures 7/21/2004
NCSL, Salt Lake City, Utah
View the July 22 sessions.
"Improving Patient Safety"
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This session highlights findings from the Institute of Medicine and various efforts to improve patient safety.
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"Multicultural Health and Health Disparities"
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This session focuses on state programs designed to reduce health disparities.
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"Universal Health Care Revisited"
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Universal health care coverage has failed, with a lack of broad-based political support at the top of the list of reasons. This session debates the policy issues involved and discusses the unique challenges that health insurance for all could present to the states.
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"Medicaid: Dual Eligibles and Beyond"
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Elderly and disabled people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid are increasingly becoming the main focus of Medicaid reform discussions. This session reviews who they are, why they are important and ways to improve care and control costs related to their care.
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"Facing Medicaid Challenges: Tools for the Future"
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Making Medicaid best serve children and adults with disabilities raises an array of issues. What disease management strategies are most effective for chronic illnesses? How are managed care plans adapting to serve high-risk mothers and children as well as adults with disabilities? How can states make long-term care services more efficient? How can states get the best value for their scarce dollars?
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- Utah State Senator James Evans
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