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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ask/publicp=
rogram/01may08
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ask the Experts Live Webcast: A Publi=
c Plan Option Under Health Reform=0D=0AThursday, May 1 at 1:30 p.m. ET=0D=
=0Ahttp://www.kaisernetwork.org/ask/publicprogram/01may08=0D=0A=0D=0AA numb=
er of proposals to expand health insurance coverage =96 including those put=
 forward by leading Democratic candidates for President =96 would allow peo=
ple to enroll in a publicly-sponsored health plan, potentially competing si=
de-by-side with private insurance plans. The next kaisernetwork.org Ask the=
 Experts live webcast  will examine this idea, looking at such questions as=
:  Is Medicare a model for such a plan?  What gaps in the current insurance=
 system would it address?  Is it an appropriate role for government?  How w=
ould it affect health care costs and spending?  Could it, in effect, lead t=
o a single payer system? =0D=0A=0D=0AWHO:  Larry Levitt, vice president of =
the Kaiser Family Foundation and editor-in-chief of kaisernetwork.org, will=
 moderate the discussion with:=0D=0A*	Linda Blumberg, Ph.D., principal rese=
arch associate, Health Policy Center, The Urban Institute; =0D=0A*	Stuart B=
utler, Ph.D., vice president, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Her=
itage Foundation; and=0D=0A*	Jacob Hacker, Ph.D., professor of Political Sc=
ience and resident fellow of the Institution for Social and  Policy Studies=
, Yale University.=0D=0A=0D=0AWHEN:  Thursday, May 1 at 1:30 p.m. ET =0D=0A=
=0D=0AWHERE:  Watch the live webcast on kaisernetwork.org.=0D=0Ahttp://www.=
kaisernetwork.org/ask/publicprogram/01may08=0D=0A=0D=0AHOW:  The panel of e=
xperts will take questions via email.  Send questions in advance of or duri=
ng the live  broadcast to ask@kaisernetwork.org.=0D=0A
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:A Public Plan Option Under Health Reform =
=96 Ask the Experts, LIVE Webcast
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