Media Availability: What the Budget Reconciliation Law Could Mean for Health Coverage, Affordability, and the States

KFF hosted a virtual media availability for journalists to answer questions about health care provisions in the law and their implications for health coverage, affordability, and state budgets, as well as potential political considerations for future elections. KFF’s experts answered questions about the law’s provisions related to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Health Savings Accounts, as well as public opinion and related issues.

Participants

Drew Altman President and CEO

Larry Levitt Executive Vice President for Health Policy

Cynthia Cox Vice President; Director, Program on the ACA; Director, Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker Project

Ashley Kirzinger Director of Survey Methodology and Associate Director for Public Opinion and Survey Research

Tricia Neuman Senior Vice President; Executive Director for Program on Medicare Policy; Senior Advisor to the President

Kaye Pestaina Vice President; Director, Program on Patient and Consumer Protection

Drishti Pillai Associate Director, Racial Equity and Health Policy Program; Director, Immigrant Health Policy

Robin Rudowitz Vice President, Director for Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Alina Salganicoff Senior Vice President; Director, Women’s Health Policy Program

Jennifer Tolbert Deputy Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured