Health Affairs

Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, will keynote the Health Affairs briefing “Moving Forward On Health Reform.” The briefing will take place this Tuesday, June 8, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. 

Implementing provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poses a huge challenge for the public and private sectors alike. Thousands of decisions and regulatory changes must be made to restructure the U.S. health care system, expand health coverage, and control costs. The June 2010 issue of Health Affairs details the terrain that lies ahead.

At the June 8 Health Affairs briefing, health policy experts will discuss prospects for changes in such areas as health care delivery, insurance market reforms, and Medicaid expansion, as well as the new law’s likely impact on providers, insurers, payers, and employers. In addition to DeParle, speakers will include: David Cutler, economics professor, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; Jon Kingsdale, immediate past executive director, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority; Ray Scheppach, executive director, National Governors Association; Deborah Chollet, senior fellow, Mathematica Policy Research; Len Nichols, director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University; Alan Weil, executive director, National Academy for State Health Policy; Richard Umbdenstock, President and CEO, American Hospital Association; and Thomas Miller, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute. 

WHEN:           Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:         Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill [Union Station], 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001

RSVP:             RSVP for this event online

Health Affairs will offer live Twitter updates from the event at #HAreform.

Among the topics to be addressed: 

• How many people are likely to gain access to insurance coverage through temporary high-risk pools?
• How will reforms change the insurance market, and how will insurers respond to new regulations?
• How are states likely to tackle the job of deciding whether and how to set up their own health insurance exchanges?
• What will expansions in Medicaid coverage mean for states?
• What strategies must be employed to control health care spending as coverage is expanded?

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