The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance.

The National Association of State Medicaid Directors will meet in Oklahoma City.

The meeting will host 7,000 scientists discussing endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

This summit will take a close look at why Californians continue to smoke despite a 30 year anti-tobacco campaign that includes every type of action from taxing tobacco products to banning smoking in restaurants.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley will co-host a bipartisan summit at the Library of Congress to discuss options for health care reform in 2009. Press access is available and the event may be available via webcast.