"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?
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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
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
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