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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Kaiser Family Foundation Offices 1330 G =
Street, NW, Washington, DC (one block west of Metro Center)
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 1=
5, 2009=0D=0A=0D=0AApril 15 Health Care Reform Newsmaker Breakfast With Nan=
cy-Ann DeParle =0D=0A=0D=0AAt 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, the Kaiser Family=
 Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Busine=
ss will hold a reporters-only Health Care Reform Newsmaker briefing with Na=
ncy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform.=0D=0A=
=0D=0AAs a key adviser to President Obama, DeParle plays a major role in sh=
aping and implementing the administration=92s positions on health reform an=
d in advancing its efforts to help develop health reform legislation on Cap=
itol Hill.  She is a former administrator of the Medicare and Medicaid prog=
rams who was instrumental in formulating and implementing the Children's He=
alth Insurance Program and was an Associate Director of the Office of Manag=
ement and Budget.  Before coming to Washington, she was the Commissioner of=
 the Tennessee Department of Human Services.=0D=0A=0D=0AAt the briefing, De=
Parle will discuss the Obama administration=92s views on health reform and =
the president=92s plans for working with Congress to achieve meaningful hea=
lth reform legislation, as well as potential challenges to those efforts.=
=0D=0A=0D=0AThis is the third in a series of briefings for reporters jointl=
y organized by the three partners as a way to facilitate more in-depth disc=
ussion with leading policymakers about health reform and better inform the =
American public.  Held at the Kaiser Family Foundation=92s Washington D.C. =
building, each forum features a short presentation by an influential leader=
 involved in the health reform debate, followed by an extended question-and=
-answer session with journalists.  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Ba=
ucus (D-Mont.) appeared as the first guest on March 3, followed by the pane=
l=92s ranking Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), on March 19.=0D=
=0A=0D=0AWHAT:=0D=0AKaiser/Families/NFIB Health Care Reform Newsmaker Repor=
ters Briefing with Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of=
 Health Reform. Open to print, broadcast and Internet reporters. Breakfast =
will be provided.=0D=0A=0D=0AWHEN:=0D=0AWednesday, April 15 at 8 a.m. Easte=
rn Time=0D=0ARemarks begin promptly at 8 a.m., followed by Q&A=0D=0A=0D=0AW=
HERE:=0D=0AKaiser Family Foundation Offices=0D=0A1330 G Street, NW, Washing=
ton, DC (one block west of Metro Center)=0D=0A=0D=0ARSVP:=0D=0AIf you wish =
to attend, please RSVP at rsvp@kff.org or contact Chris Lee at (202) 347-52=
70 or clee@kff.org.=0D=0A=0D=0AA listen-only call-in number will be made av=
ailable to journalists unable to attend in person.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:April 15 Health Care Reform Newsmaker Bre=
akfast With Nancy-Ann DeParle=20
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