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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser=
 Family Foundation Offices
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ADVISORY for Thursday, August 6, 2009=
=0D=0A=0D=0ARISING HEALTH PRESSURES IN AN ECONOMIC RECESSION =0D=0A=0D=0ATh=
e deep recession and rising unemployment are forcing more Americans from th=
eir jobs and their job-based health insurance -- increasing the pressure on=
 public programs to fill the gap at a time when slumping tax revenues are d=
riving many state governments into budget crises.  At 9:30 a.m. EDT on Aug.=
 6, the Kaiser Family Foundation will host a briefing to examine the toll t=
he recession is taking on families and their health care and the implicatio=
ns of the recession for Medicaid and broader health reform efforts. =0D=0A=
=0D=0AThe briefing, =93Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession,=94=
 will feature a new report and companion video that focuses on the experien=
ces of families, employers, safety-net providers and community organization=
s in four U.S. communities hard hit by the recession. The briefing also wil=
l include an update on the challenges facing state Medicaid programs, how s=
tate Medicaid directors are handling state budget pressures, increased case=
loads and federal stimulus assistance, and how the state directors anticipa=
te federal health reform might affect their programs.  =0D=0A=0D=0ARobin Ru=
dowitz, Principal Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation, will present ke=
y research findings and Diane Rowland, Executive Vice-President, Kaiser Fam=
ily Foundation and Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and th=
e Uninsured, will serve as moderator. Offering perspective will be a divers=
e panel of experts, including:=0D=0A=0D=0A* Art Kellerman, physician and pr=
ofessor of emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atl=
anta;=0D=0A=0D=0A* Barbara Edinberg, assistant director, Bridgeport Child A=
dvocacy Coalition, Bridgeport, Conn.;=0D=0A=0D=0A* Cindy Mann, director, Ce=
nter for Medicaid and State Operations, U.S. Department of Health and Human=
 Services;=0D=0A=0D=0A* Joan Henneberry, executive director, Colorado Depar=
tment of Health Care Policy and Financing.=0D=0A=0D=0AWHEN: =0D=0AThursday,=
 August 6, 2009=0D=0A9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET=0D=0A=0D=0AWHERE:=0D=0ABarbara=
 Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation Offices=0D=0A1330 G Str=
eet, NW, Washington, D.C. (one block west of Metro Center) =0D=0A=0D=0ARSVP=
:=0D=0APlease RSVP to Tiffany Ford Fields at TFordFields@kff.org or call 20=
2-347-5270.=0D=0A=0D=0ACONTACT: =0D=0AFor further information, please conta=
ct Chris Lee at clee@kff.org or call 202-347-5270.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=
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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Rising Health Pressures In An Economic Re=
cession
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