Event Summary
On July 11, the Brookings Institution’s Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform hosted a Hill briefing on Long-Term Care Reform that focused on opportunities to improve quality of care and address the long-term fiscal challenges of long-term care in the United States. The event was co-hosted by The New School and the Center for Health Transformation.
Event Information
When
Friday, July 11, 2008
9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Where
Room 902
Please use the 2nd St. entrance.
Hart Senate Office Building
200 2nd St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
Map
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Several distinguished panelists participated in this special briefing, including Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Susan Collins, Representative Jim McCrery, Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, former Senator Bob Kerrey, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, and other expert panelists representing the policy, academic, advocacy and provider communities. Panelists addressed policy options and political prospects for integrating long-term care reforms into broader health reform efforts to achieve improved care while also addressing issues of affordability and sustainability.
After each panel, participants took audience questions.
Participants
Welcome and Introduction
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
The Honorable Susan Collins (R-Maine)
United States Senate
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker, United States House of Representatives
The Honorable Bob Kerrey
United States Senate (retired)
President, The New School
Panel One: Improving Quality and Efficiency in LTC
Mary Jane Koren
The Commonwealth Fund
Susan Reinhard
AARP
John Schnelle
Vanderbilt University
Panel Two Moderator
Peter Orszag
Director, Congressional Budget Office
New Models for Financing LTC
Charles Fahey
Fordham University
Larry Minnix
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Buck Stinson
Genworth Financial
Anne Tumlinson
Avalere Health
Panel Three Moderator
The Honorable Bob Kerrey
United States Senate (retired)
President, The New School
Panel Three: Political Prospects for Long-Term Care Reform
The Honorable Jim McCrery (R-Louisiana)
United States Senate
The Honorable Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
United States Senate