Last weekend marked a self-imposed deadline to improve the website Healthcare.gov to enroll consumers in the federal insurance marketplace. Leading up to the weekend, Americans experienced weeks of debate and a Presidential mea culpa as some consumers reported losing health care coverage and having trouble enrolling in new plans. Yet the vision for the historic health care law perseveres — providing affordable, quality coverage. Supporters have pointed out the complexities of implementing such an enormous set of health reforms. So at this critical juncture, this Forum at Harvard School of Public Health event will assess where the U.S. stands in the health care law rollout and the resulting health policy implications.
Moderator: David Morgan, correspondent, Reuters
Participants:
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David Cutler, Harvard Professor of Applied Economics
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Katherine Baicker, professor of health economics, Harvard School of Public Health
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Robert Blendon, professor of public health and senior associate dean for policy translation and leadership development, Harvard School of Public Health
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John McDonough, Professor of the practice of public health and director of the Center for Public Health Leadership, Harvard School of Public Health
This will be a live webcast on Dec. 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET. E-mail questions for the expert participants to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu.
Presented in collaboration with Reuters.