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 in d. C. , trish is not going to be able to get into town, so she will not be with us. But fear not, our three other panelists watch whats happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of whats happening. First, to my left, we have diane rowland, executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family foundation. She was also the inaugural chair of mac pac, which advises congress on policy. To her left is josh archambault, who spent time with the heritage foundation, and hes up in massachusetts where he also worked for former governor mitt romney. And at the end of the panel we have judith solomon, Vice President for Health Policy at the center on budget and policy priorities. I wont go into further detail. You have their full bios in your packet.
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
Practice. And today were here to talk about one of the most pressing Health Policy issues thats been making a lot of headlines recently, and that is the Medicaid Program. Medicaid covers over 70 Million People, as we will hear, and it is responsible todays briefing is going to examine the relationship between medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes, as well as what might be next for medicaid in the states and congress and in the administration. And id like to thank first our sponsor for todays event, our partner, the Commonwealth Fund. Were very grateful for their support of this briefing, and before i introduce our panel, i just want to take care of a couple of housekeeping details. First, for those of you who need wifi credentials, they should be up on the screen. You can tweet to futureofmedicaid. And when the time comes for questions, many of you know the drill, but write your question on a green question card or come to one of the mikes on either side of the aisle or
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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