Medicare for All and Other Policy Options to Expand Public Coverage

Access C-SPAN footage of the event here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?460130-1/alliance-health-policy-discussion-medicare-proposal

Reporter-Only Briefing

  • Presentation: K. Pollitz
  • “Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues.” Neuman, T., Pollitz, K., and Tolbert, J. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. October 9, 2018. Available at http://allh.us/r6hB.
During this exclusive briefing for reporters, health policy experts explored the spectrum of policy proposals to expand the role of Medicare and other public coverage options in the U.S. health care system. Analysts, Mark Miller and Karen Pollitz, and two former CMS Administrators, Tom Scully and Marilyn Tavenner, also discussed the potential implications of policy proposals on beneficiaries, health care providers, federal spending, and key institutions, including the private health insurance market and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

  • Mark Miller, Ph.D., Executive Vice President of Health Care, Arnold Ventures
  • Karen Pollitz, MPP, Senior Fellow, Health Reform and Private Insurance, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Tom Scully, J.D., General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Marilyn Tavenner, MHA, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Thanks to APCO Worldwide for making this event possible.