Demystifying Health Policy:
Medicare, Medicaid, and the Individual Marketplace
8:30am REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, NETWORKING
8:50am WELCOME
- William J. Arnone, CEO, National Academy of Social Insurance
- Veronica Jackson, Managing Director of Planning and Outreach, Office of Policy and Representation, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
9:10am SESSION I – Medicare: How Does It Work, What Challenges Does It Face?
- Marilyn Moon, Institute Fellow, American Institutes for Research
- Stacy Sanders, Federal Policy Director, Medicare Rights Center
- Jennifer Rak, Health Policy Director, Anthem Public Policy Institute
- Moderator: David Maddy, Washington Intern, National Academy of Social Insurance
10:30AM BREAK/NETWORKING
10:40AM SESSION II – Medicaid: How Does It Work, What Challenges Does It Face?
- Moira Forbes, Policy Director, MACPAC
- Elizabeth Hinton, Senior Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Matt Salo, Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors
- Moderator: Alexandra L. Bradley, Health Policy Analyst, National Academy of Social Insurance
12:00pm LUNCH
12:30pm SESSION III – The Individual Marketplace: How Did It Work Before and After the Affordable Care Act, What Challenges Does It Face, and How Would Current Proposals Address These?
- Loren Adler, Associate Director, Center for Health Policy, The Brookings Institution
- Judy Solomon, Vice President for Health Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Rodney Whitlock, Vice President, Health Policy, ML Strategies, LLC
- Moderator: Cori Uccello, Actuary and Senior Health Fellow, American Academy of Actuaries
1:50pm SESSION IV – How Could Social Insurance Help Address U.S. Health Policy Challenges?
- Henry Aaron, The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair and Senior Fellow – Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
- Judith Feder, Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
- Anne Montgomery, Deputy Director, Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness, Altarum Institute
- Moderator: Benjamin Veghte, Vice President for Policy, National Academy of Social Insurance
3:10pm BREAK/NETWORKING
3:20pm SESSION V – Looking Ahead: Playing a Role in the future of Health Policy
- Lynda Flowers, Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
- Gretchen Jacobson, Associate Director, Program on Medicare Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Josie Kalipeni, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Caring Across Generations
- Ann Kempski, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Kaiser Permanente Federation
- Moderator: Daniel Marthey, Washington Intern, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
4:40pm WRAP-UP