Speakers – The State of Play: Challenges and Issues in Health Insurance
| Tom Daschle | The Daschle Group, Founder and CEO; Former U.S. Senate Minority Leader |
| Thomas A. Scully | Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, General Partner |
| Reed Tuckson (Moderator) | Tuckson Health Connections, Managing Director |
Speakers – Stabilizing the Individual Insurance Market
| Karen Bender | Snowway Actuarial & Healthcare Consultants LLC, President
(920) 826-2422 karen.bender@saahc.com |
| Peter Lee | Covered California, Executive Director
(916) 228-8699 peter.lee@covered.ca.gov |
| Ed Haislmaier | The Heritage Foundation, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies, Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity
(202) 608-6078 ed.haislmaier@heritage.org |
| Chris Holt | American Action Forum, Director of Health Care Policy |
| Tom Miller | American Enterprise Institute, Resident Fellow
(202) 862-5886 tmiller@aei.org |
| Sarah Dash (Moderator) | Alliance for Health Reform, President and co-CEO
(202) 789-2300 SarahDash@allhealth.org |
Speakers – Medicaid Moving Forward
| Josh Archambault
|
Foundation for Government Accountability, Senior Fellow
(239) 244-8808 josh@thefga.org |
| Trish Riley | National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), Executive Director
(207) 874-6524 TRiley@nashp.org |
| Diane Rowland | Kaiser Family Foundation, Executive Vice President
(202) 347-5270 |
| Judith Solomon
|
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Vice President for Health Policy
(202) 408-1080 solomon@cbpp.org |
| Marilyn Serafini (Moderator) | Alliance for Health Reform, President and co-CEO
(202) 789-2300 mserafini@allhealth.org |
Speakers – On the Ground Considerations and Implications
| Michael D. Aubin | Wolfson Children’s Hospital, President |
| Andy Chasin | Blue Shield of California, Director of Public Policy
(415) 994-4187 Andy.Chasin@blueshieldca.com |
| Kisha Davis | Casey Health Institute, Family Physician; CFAR, Consultant
(301) 664-6464 kdavis@cfar.com |
| Kirsten Sloan | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Vice President for Policy |
| Noam N. Levey (Moderator) | Los Angeles Times, Writer |
Experts and Analysts
| Joan Alker | Georgetown University, Executive Director, Center for Children and Families
(202) 784-4075 jca25@georgetown.edu |
| Drew Altman | Kaiser Family Foundation, President and CEO
(650) 854-9400 |
| Joseph Antos | American Enterprise Institute, Resident Fellow and Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy
(202) 862-5938 jantos@aei.org |
| Joel Ario | Manatt Health Solutions, Managing Director
(202) 585-6500 jario@manatt.com |
| Lynn Blewett
|
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), Director
(612) 626-4739 blewe001@umn.edu |
| Linda Blumberg | Urban Institute, Senior Fellow
(202) 261-5709 media@urban.org |
| James Capretta
|
American Enterprise Institute, Resident Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair |
| Lanhee Chen | Stanford University, David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution |
| Gary Claxton | Kaiser Family Foundation, Vice President; Director, Health Care Marketplace Project; Co-director, Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance
(202) 347-5270 |
| Sara Collins | The Commonwealth Fund, Vice President, Health Care Coverage and Access
(212) 606-3838 src@cmwf.org |
| Sabrina Corlette | Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms, Research Professor and Project Director
(202) 687-3003 sc732@georgetown.edu |
| Cynthia Cox | Kaiser Family Foundation, Associate Director, Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance
(202) 347-5270 ccox@kff.org |
| Charlene Frizzera | CF Health Advisors, President; Leavitt Partners, Senior Advisor
(443) 794-4379 cfrizzera@cfhealthadvisors.com |
| Paul Fronstin | Employee Benefit Research Institute, Director, Health Research & Education Program
(202) 775-6352 fronstin@ebri.org |
| Rachel Garfield | Kaiser Family Foundation, Associate Director, Kaiser Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
(202) 347-5270 rachelg@kff.org |
| Paul Ginsburg | Leonard D. Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, University of Southern California, Director
(202) 797-6268 pginsburg@healthpolicy.usc.edu |
| Katherine Hempstead | |
| John Holahan | Urban Institute, Institute Fellow, Health Policy Center
(202) 261-5709 media@urban.org |
| Doug Holtz-Eakin
|
American Action Forum, President
(202) 559-6420 dholtzeakin@americanactionforum.org |
| Timothy Jost | Washington and Lee School of Law, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law
(540) 564-2524 jostt@wlu.edu |
| Genevieve Kenney | Urban Institute, Co-director, Health Policy Center
(202) 261-5568 jkenney@urban.org |
| Larry Levitt | Kaiser Family Foundation, Senior Vice President, Special Initiatives
(650) 854-9400 larryl@kff.org |
| Kevin Lucia | Georgetown University, Research Professor, Health Policy Institute
(202)687-0880 kwl@georgetown.edu |
| Barbara Lyons | Kaiser Family Foundation, Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
(202) 347-5270 blyons@kff.org |
| Cindy Mann | Manatt Health Solutions, Partner
(202) 585-6572 cmann@manatt.com |
| Enrique Martinez-Vidal | Academy Health, Vice President for State Policy and Technical Assistance
(202) 204-7509 enrique.martinez-vidal@academyhealth.org |
| Jack Meyer | Health Management Associates, Senior Fellow
(202) 785-3669 jmeyer@healthmanagement.com |
| MaryBeth Musumeci | Kaiser Family Foundation, Associate Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
(202) 347-5270 marybethm@kff.org |
| Rachel Nuzum | The Commonwealth Fund, Vice President, Federal and State Health Policy
(202) 292-6722 rn@cmwf.org |
| Karen Pollitz | Kaiser Family Foundation, Senior Fellow, Health Reform and Private Insurance
(202) 347-5270 kpollitz@kff.org |
| Robin Rudowitz | Kaiser Family Foundation, Associate Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured
(202) 347-5270 rrudowitz@kff.org |
| Andy Schneider
|
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Research Professor of the Practice, Center for Children and Families |
| Vern K. Smith | Health Management Associates, Senior Advisor
(517) 282-0841 vsmith@healthmanagement.com |
| Tim Westmoreland | Georgetown University Law Center, Professor from Practice
(202) 662-9404 timothy.westmoreland@georgetown.edu |
| Gail R. Wilensky | Project HOPE, Senior Fellow
(301) 347-3902 gwilensky@projecthope.org |
Government and Government-Related Groups
| Jessica Banthin | Congressional Budget Office, Deputy Assistant Director, Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division
(202) 226-2669 jessica.banthin@cbo.gov |
| Evelyne Baumrucker | Congressional Research Service, Specialist, Health Insurance and Financing Section
(202) 227-8913 ebaumrucker@crs.loc.gov |
| Cliff Binder | Congressional Research Service, Analyst, Health Insurance and Financing Section
(202) 227-7965 cbinder@crs.loc.gov |
| Kirsten Colello | Congressional Research Service. Specialist in Health and Aging Policy
(202) 707-7839 kcolello@crs.loc.gov |
| Rachel Morgan | National Conference of State Legislatures, Senior Committee Director , Health & Human Services
(202) 624-3569 rachel.morgan@ncsl.org |
| Matt Salo | National Association of Medicaid Directors, Executive Director
(202) 403-8621 matt.salo@medicaiddirectors.org |
| Anne Schwartz | MACPAC, Executive Director
(202) 350-2000 anne.schwartz@macpac.gov |
| Hemi Tewarson | National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Interim Division Director, Health Division
(202) 624-7803 htewarson@nga.org |
| Brian Webb | National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Manager, Health Policy and Legislation
(202) 471-3978 bwebb@naic.org |
Stakeholders
| Anshu Choudhri | BlueCross BlueShield Association, Managing Director, Legislative and Regulatory Policy
(202) 626-8606 anshuman.choudhri@bcbsa.com |
| Ceci Connolly | Alliance of Community Health Plans, President and CEO
(202) 785-2247 cconnolly@achp.org |
| Richard Deem
|
American Medical Association, Senior Vice President, Advocacy
(202) 789-7413 richard.deem@ama-assn.org |
| Daniel Hawkins | National Association of Community Health Centers, Senior Vice President
(202) 296-3800 dhawkins@nachc.org |
| Frederick Isasi | Families USA, Executive Director |
| Jim Kaufman | Children’s Hospital Association, Vice President of Public Policy
(202) 753-5500 jim.kaufman@childrenshospitals.org |
| Peter Leiboold | Ascension Health, Chief Advocacy Officer
(314) 733-8000 peter.leibold@ascensionhealth.org |
| Dee Mahan | Families USA, Medicaid Program Director |
| R. Shawn Martin | American Academy of Family Physicians, Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy
(202) 232-9033 smartin@aafp.org |
| Meg Murray
|
Association for Community Affiliated Plans, CEO
(202) 204-7509 mmurray@communityplans.net |
| Jeff Myers | Medicaid Health Plans of America, President and CEO
(202) 857-5720 jmyers@mhpa.org |
| Bruce Siegel
|
America’s Essential Hospitals, President and CEO |
| Marilyn Tavenner | America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), President and CEO
(202) 778-3200 mtavenner@ahip.org |
| Ashley Thompson
|
American Hospital Association, Senior Vice President of Public Policy Analysis and Development
(202) 626-2688 athompson@aha.org |
| Leanne Zumwalt | Davita, Group Vice President |