The Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) held a 9:30 a.m. ET briefing on Thursday, September 30 to examine the
challenges facing states as they continue to struggle with the lingering impacts
of the recession and begin preparing to implement health reform.
Three
reports were released at the event:
Hoping for Economic
Recovery, Preparing for Reform: A Look at Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy
Trends: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years
2010 and 2011
Medicaid Enrollment in the
50 States: December 2009 Data Update
Health Reform
and State Workforce Challenges: An Early Look at Five States
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Presentation Slides - Rudowitz and Smith
Presentation Slides - Kellar
Presenters
include:
Robin Rudowitz, KCMU Associate Director, Kaiser Family
Foundation
Vernon K. Smith, Principal, Health Management
Associates
Elizabeth Kellar, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Center for State and Local Government Excellence
Carol Steckel,
Commissioner, Alabama Medicaid Agency, and President, National Association of
Medicaid Directors
Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President, Executive
Vice Preisdent and Executive Director, KCMU
