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The National Institute

of

Health Policy

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Health Policy Seminar, Washington DC

May 15-17, 2005

 

 

 

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Health Policy Overview

Len Nichols, The New America Foundation

 

Budget Politics

Bill Hoagland, Policy Advisor, Office of Bill Frist

 

Social Security Privatization

John Rother, AARP

 

 

Monday, May 16, 2005

Consumer-driven healthcare

Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy

Grace Marie Turner, Galen Institute

Karen Pollitz, Institute for Healthcare Research and Policy, Georgetown University

 

Lobbyists and Health Information

Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.

 

HHS Session

Kathleen Harrington, Office External Affairs, CMS

John McCoy, Office of Legislation, CMS

 

 

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Dialogue on Medicare

Sarah Thomas, MedPAC

 

Dialogue on Medicaid

Lynn Etheredge, Health Insurance Reform Project, George Washington University

 

Dialogue on Quality

Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health

Greg Pawlson, National Committee for Quality Assurance