December 3, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007 ~ A free policy workshop
This workshop explores research and practice in public and private disability programs to learn how both sectors can work better for persons with disabilities.
AGENDA
12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm Welcome
- Margaret Simms, President of NASI
- Winthrop Cashdollar, America’s Health Insurance Plans
1:10pm Opening Challenge: Laurel Beedon, NASI’s Senior Fellow
- How are private and public disability insurance (DI) working together to the benefit of people with disabilities?
- Are there particularly successful or challenging experiences from which both sectors can learn?
- Is system integration as efficient as it should/can be?
- What can private DI do that public DI can’t and vice versa?
- What can private DI insurers do to help the public DI program and the beneficiaries it serves?
- Does Canada have different successes or challenges than the U.S.?
1:15pm Presenters
Presenters bring experience from private insurance, public programs, clinical work and research.
- Ken Mitchell, Unum
- James Prochaska, University of Rhode Island
- Michael Sullivan, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Richard Balkus, Social Security Administration
2:15pm Q & A
2:30pm Break
2:45pm Discussion, launched by NASI’s Disability Policy Advisory Group
- Dorothy Watson, Consultant
- David Wittenburg, Mathematica
- Tony Young, NISH
3:00pm Open Discussion, all attendees
4:00pm Adjourn
Funded by America’s Health Insurance Plans, UNUM, and the Ford Foundation.