Events

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Eastland Park Hotel

Portland, Maine

10:30am ‐ 1:30pm

AGENDA

Welcome and Introductions

Kristin M. Leary

Director of Programs, The Bipartisan Policy Center

Opening Remarks

Senator George J. Mitchell

Chris Jennings, Leaders’ Project Co‐Director

Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., Washington, DC

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Leaders’ Project Co‐Director

Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution

Discussion Topic One

Applying Lessons Learned in Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts
to the National Level

Trish Riley

Director, Maine Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance

Jon Kingsdale, PhD

Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority

Jim Leddy, MSW

Former Vermont State Senator, and President, AARP‐Vermont

Discussion I Video:

Discussion Topic Two

Increasing Access to Health Coverage Through Market Reforms: Policy Options and Practical Applications

Jeanne Lambrew, PhD

Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Joseph Antos, PhD

Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute

Bela Gorman, FSA, MAAA

Lead Consultant, Gorman Actuarial, LLC

John Bertko, FSA, MAAA

Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution, and former Chief Actuary, Humana, Inc

Discussion II Video:

Discussion Topic Three

Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care: Links to Coverage Reform

Robert McAfee, MD

Former President, American Medical Association

William L. Caron, Jr.

President and CEO, MaineHealth

David Howes, MD

President and CEO, Martin’s Point Health Care

David Wennberg, MD, MPH

Chief Science and Products Officer, Health Dialog, and President and COO, Health Dialog Analytical Solutions

Edward Miller, MS

Executive Director, American Lung Association of Maine

Megan Hannan

Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, The American Cancer Society of Maine

Discussion III Video:

Discussants

Joseph P. Ditré, Esq.

Executive Director, Consumers for Affordable Health Care

John Benoit

President, Employee Benefit Solutions

Richard (Skip) White

Assistant Vice President, New England Provider Contracting, CIGNA Healthcare

Elizabeth Kilbreth, PhD

Associate Research Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Muskie School of Public Service

Christine Williams

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Susan Tully Abdo, Esq.

Senior Director for Northeast Government Relations, Aetna, Inc

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