"Veterans of the Early 90s' Health Reform Debate Offer Advice to Today's Reformers"
12:15-1:30 p.m. (lunch at noon) at the National Press Club
Speakers:
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Christine Ferguson, associate research professor of health policy at George Washington University's Health Policy Center and former health aide to Sen. John Chafee (R – R.I.)
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Karen Pollitz, research professor and project director at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute and former deputy assistant secretary for health legislation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Dean Rosen, partner and health care practice head at the law firm of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti; former senior vice president of policy and general counsel for the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) and later, health policy director for Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist (R-Tenn.)
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David Nexon, senior executive vice president of the Advanced Medical Technology Association ("AdvaMed") and former chief health aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
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David Colby, vice president of research and evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former deputy director of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and the Physician Payment Review Commission
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Moderator: Susan Dentzer, health correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation