Regional Disparities

How Will The States Pay For Health Care?

The Twelfth Princeton Conference

May 19-20 , 2005

Note: A transcript and streaming video of the conference sessions are available through the HealthCast network of Kaisernetwork.org.
The conference session webcast and transcript can be accessed by clicking here.

Conference Materials:

Papers:

Building a New Partnership Between the Federal Government and the States. Stuart Butler, Vice-President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies,

The Heritage Foundation

Medicaid Coverage for Poor Adults: A Potential Building Block for Bipartisan Health Reform. Stan Dorn, Senior Policy Analyst, Economic and Social Research Institute

The Case for Investing in Quality in Medicaid, Stephen A. Somers, President, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., Nikki Highsmith, and Melanie Bella

How Will States Pay for Long Term Care? Susan C. Reinhard, Co-Director, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy

Issue Brief, Michael Doonan, Ph.D., Project Director, Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, David Shactman, M.P.A., M.B.A., Senior Fellow, Brandeis University.

Presentations:

Session I: Health Insurance Trends and the Impact on States

Sailing into the Perfect Storm: Who Will Come to the Rescue? Uwe E. Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University

Session II: Federalism: Future Partnerships Between the Federal Government and the States

Building a New Partnership Between the Federal Government and the States. Stuart Butler, Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Examples of Super-Sized Federalism: "I'll Have More Money With That Flexibility, Please. "Stan Dorn, Senior Policy Analyst, Economic and Social Research Institute

Session III: Planning and Implementing Reform: The Experience of Three States

Dirigo Health Reform "Cost, Quality and Access". Trish Riley, Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, State of Maine

BCBS of Massachusetts Foundation Roadmap to Coverage. Andrew Dreyfus, President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation

Session IV: Can the States Make a Business Case for Quality

Medicaid: Health Needs of a Diverse Population, Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation

The Case for Investing in Quality in Medicaid, Stephen A. Somers, President, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

On the Road to Revolution: Fear and Loathing in the U.S. Health Care System, John Kitzhaber, Former Governor, State of Oregon

Session V: State Strategies to Finance and Deliver Health Care

State Strategies to Expand Health Insurance Coverage, Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund

Utah's 1115 Medicaid Waiver, Michael Deily, Director, Division of Health Care Financing, Utah State Medicaid Agency

State Strategies to Finance and Deliver Health Care, Tricia Leddy, Administrator, Center for Child and Family Health, Rhode Island Dept. of Human Services

State Strategies to Finance and Deliver Health Care, Barbara Brett, Executive Director, CoverColorado

Session VI: Perspectives from Congress and the Governors

Session VII: Long -Term Care

How Will States Pay for Long Term Care? Susan C. Reinhard, Co-Director, Rutgers Center for State Policy

Texas' Long Term Care Rebalancing Initiatives: Two Examples. Marc S. Gold, Manager, Promoting Independence Initiative, Texas Dept. of Aging and Disability Services.