Getting the Most Bang for Our Health Reform Buck: Enrolling and Retaining Everyone Who’s Eligible

As Congress looks for ways to increase access to health care, existing programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program are often overlooked. Yet enrolling those who are eligible for such programs is one of the easiest ways to expand coverage. This briefing, co-sponsored by Alliance for Health Reform and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), looked at ways to streamline recruitment and enrollment, while exploring how expanding Medicaid and CHIP could affect state budgets.

For more information, please visit the Alliance’s event page.

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Speakers for this session:

The panel is moderated by Ed Howard of the Alliance For Health Care Reform.

Speakers include:

  • Stan Dorn, The Urban Institute
  • Ruth Kennedy, LaCHIP and Medicaid Eligibility, State of Louisiana
  • Tricia Brooks, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
  • Stan Rosenstein, Health Management Associates

Event Date

Dec 01, 2009



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