Public Meeting and Hearing—Agenda
The meeting will be held in Crystal City at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 2000 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virgina 22202. For directions, go to the hotel's Web site.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
| 8:30-10:15 | Building the Foundation: Overview of the American Health Care System—John Iglehart, Project Hope |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:30 | Building the Foundation: Public Insurance Programs; Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)—Bill Scanlon, Health Policy R&D |
| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-3:00 | Building the Foundation: The Uninsured—Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-5:00 | Working Group Business |
Thursday, May 12, 2005
| 8:30-9:45 | Building the Foundation: Private Health Insurance; employer-based insurance, both large and small employers and employers who self-insure, as well as the individual market—Paul Fronstin, Employee Benefit Research Institute and Deborah Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research |
| 9:45-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-12:15 | Hearing: Public Sector Initiatives to Expand Coverage— Linda Bilheimer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Matt Salo, National Governors’ Association Terry Stoller, Medimetrix |
| 12:15-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00 | Hearing: Private Sector Initiatives to Expand Coverage— Ken Sperling Anthony Tersigni, Ascension Health |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-5:00 | Working Group Business |
Friday, May 13, 2005
| 8:30-10:15 | Building the Foundation: Health Care
Costs— Jennifer Jenson, Congressional Research Service Rick Foster, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:15 | Hearing: Public Sector Initiatives to Control Costs— Medicare: Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Medicaid: Jim Verdier, Mathematica Policy Research SCHIP: Genevieve Kenney, Urban Institute |
| 12:15-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Hearing: Private Sector Initiatives to Control Costs— Alice Rosenblatt, WellPoint Helen Darling, Washington Business Group on Health |
| 2:30-3:00 | Working Group Business |