5 Things Maryland: Pre-filed bills, Pandemic legislative innovations, Health care agenda outline DJ Wilson | Dec 29, 2020
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5 Things Washington: Total cost of care, Federal health policy, Pandemic innovations DJ Wilson | Dec 21, 2020
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Our 2021 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference is shaping up to be as good as ever, with sessions, keynotes, and networking opportunities for attendees that will be unique for our COVID age. We announce some unique networking opportunities for attendees next week.
Registration rates go up later this week. So if you already know you want to be with us on January 6th and 7th, you can save yourself a few bucks and get signed up.
This edition of 5 Things features some of the sessions you’ll find at next year’s event. I hope you’ll get signed up to be with us!
5 Things Virginia: Northam budget, 2021 session, COVID projections DJ Wilson | Dec 18, 2020
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In health care and health policy, we have five things lined up for you that we think are worth watching. Not everything is as hopeful as my holiday cheer, but we think these are five things that Virginia’s senior health care executives and health policy leaders should track as 2020 moves into 2021.
As always, thanks for reading our stuff and for allowing us to play this role for you.
1. Vaccines and COVID in 2021
As the first 72,150 doses of the vaccine roll into Virginia this week, this is a hopeful time. It feels like there is reason to be positive and hopeful about the new year. Approximately 480,000 doses are expected to be in the commonwealth by the end of this month.
1. Rep. Marie Poulson reflects on 12 years of health reform
A member of the state’s Health Care Reform Task Force since its inception 12 years ago, Rep. Marie Poulson (Cottonwood Heights) has had a front row seat to the evolution of Utah health care since. As she nears retirement in 2021, Poulson spoke with reporter Eli Kirshbaum about the long fight for Medicaid expansion, her criticisms of the Herbert administration and expectations for the Cox administration, and her concerns as Utah begins distributing COVID vaccines.
“I know during my twelve years serving as a legislator, with the rancor coming down from our current administration, a lot of more ‘in-your-face’ partisanship, I have seen it filter down to the states in the last few years … I really am pretty positive, in spite of the fact that we have this huge supermajority in the state, that most people will rise to the occasion, knowing what a terrible economic toll the pandemic has taken on people and that