With the failure to pass the bill in congress, some states are looking to expand medicaid, some additional states. Menstruates are talking to cms about what might be possible in the way theyre talking about waivers, what can be done. And so today well talk about our our goal for this panel is to both talk about where we are going into this next year, so where we are, what the aca did, where we are with medicaid, what is under discussion, and well talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. So, we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists. Theres one empty estate and that belongs to trish riley, but because of the crazy weather in trish wont be able to get into town and so she will not be with us but fear not, our three other panelists here watch what is happening in the states closely and will be able to give us a full puck picture. First we have Diann Rowland from the Kaiser Family foundation. Diane was also the inaugural chair of macpack,
More now from the alliance for health reform. This next panel takes a look at the challenges facing medicaid. Theres a discussion on healthcare trends. This is an hour and a half. With the failure to pass the bill in congress, some states are looking to expand medicaid. Some additional states. Many states are talking to cms about what might be possible in way of their talking about waivers, what can be done. So today well talk about our goal for this panel is to both talk about where we are going into this next year. What the aca did, where we are with medicaid. Whats under discussion and were going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. So we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists, youll notice there is one empty seat and that belongs to trish riley. Unfortunately because of the crazy weather we had d. C. Trishas not going to be able to get into town. So she will not be with us. Fear not, our three other panelists here watch wha
Were going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. So we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists, youll notice there is one empty seat and that belongs to trish riley. Unfortunately because of the crazy weather we had d. C. Trishas not going to be able to get into town. So she will not be with us. Fear not, our three other panelists here watch whats happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of whats happening. So first to my left, we have diane roland, executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family foundation. Diane was also the inaugural chair of mac pac which advised congress on medicaid policy. To her left is josh archambault. He spent time here in d. C. With the heritage foundation. Hes up in massachusetts where he also worked for former governor mitt romney. And at the end of the panel, we have judith solomon, judy is Vice President for Health Policy at the center for budget and policy prio
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