"Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options" 11/3/2003
Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Washington, D.C.
This Council on Health Care Economics and Policy meeting focuses on presidential candidates' health care plans
and approaches to coverage expansion.
Welcome and Session 1: Current Proposals to Approach Universal Health Care Coverage
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Speaker:
David Shactman, senior fellow, Brandeis University
Introduction: The Renewed Salience of the Uninsured
Stuart Altman, Sol C. Chaikin professor of National Health Policy, Brandeis University
Features of Current Proposals
Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor, George Washington University
Cost of Proposals
Kenneth E. Thorpe, Robert W. Woodruff professor and chair, Emory University
Session 2: Conceptual Ways to Approach Universal Coverage
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Combining Public and Private Incremental Steps to Achieve Automatic, Affordable, and Universal Coverage
Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, The Commonwealth Fund
Discussant
Mark V. Pauly, Bendheim professor and chair, Department of Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania
Using Federalism to Broaden Coverage
Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D., senior fellow, the Brookings Institution
Stuart Butler, Ph.D., vice president of Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Discussant
Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D., John D. MacArthur professor, Harvard University
Expanding Insurance Versus Strengthening the Safety Net
Larry Gage, president, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Session 3: Political Environment for Approaching Universal Health
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The Politics of Expanding Health Coverage
Julie Rovner, reporter, Congress Daily/NPR
The View from Labor
Gerald M. Shea, assistant to the president/Government Affairs, AFL-CIO
The View from Big Business
Ray Werntz, health policy consultant
The View from Small Business
TBA
Summary: Stuart Altman Sol C. Chaikin professor of National Health Policy, Brandeis University
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