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PRESS RELEASE: National Congress on the Un and Underinsured to Feature Community Based Initiatives
- From Practical Local and Regional Solutions to State and National Health Reform
- December 10 - 12, 2007
- Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
- www.UnandUnderInsuredCongress.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.UnandUnderInsuredCongress.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MAY 7, 2007: The National Congress on the Un and Underinsured, December 10 - 12, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC announced today that it will feature community-based initiatives to provide or facilitate the provision of services to the uninsured. The Congress is sponsored by Health Affairs, www.HealthAffairs.org, Harvard Health Policy Review, www.HHPR.org, the Milbank Memorial Fund and a member of major organizations and publications.
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MAJOR FIRMS BACK REFORM FOR UNIVERSAL CARE
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A new coalition of 36 major companies announced support for health reform to provide universal health care insurance. The coalition could boost reform efforts in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Among the firms are PepsiCo, General Mills, Pacific Gas and Electric Co, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co, The Kroger Co, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna HealthCare, Eli Lilly and Co and PacifiCare. See Los Angeles Times article.
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UNINSURED CONGRESS TO FEATURE COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES
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The Uninsured Congress seeks to identify voluntary, charitable initiatives that are happening across the country to address the issue at the local level and to share case studies.
Such a case study is the Bedlam Alliance for Community Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Bedlam Alliance is an innovative, collaborative program that has provided affordable healthcare to the indigent and underserved in Tulsa County since 2003. The interactive clinics are medical homes to nearly 14,000 at-risk school children, residents of public housing, isolated elderly, single parents and working poor each year. The clinics not only provided primary care, but also specialty clinics for diabetes, dermatology, GYN women's health, mental behavioral health, hepatitis C and hypertension. Bedlam has also created pharmacy program with 5 local pharmacies filling prescriptions for $5.00 for a 30 day supply and through which the clinic is able to monitor patient's compliance better. The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, took a leadership role in establishing the Bedlam Alliance. Currently Bedlam has over 25 partners that all play a major role in the operation of the project.
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SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES
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Speaker/Presentation Proposals for the Un and Under Insured Congress May Be Submitted Through Our Online Form
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
Founder, Renaissance Health, Former Executive Director, Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co author, Uninsured in America - Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity, Boston, MA |
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David U. Himmelstein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Program, Cambridge, MA |
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Charles N. (Chip) Kahn, III, MPH
President, Federation of American Hospitals, and Former President, Health Insurance Association of America, Washington, DC |
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Ron Pollack, Esq.
Founding Executive Director, Families USA, Founder and Chair, Health Assistance Partnership, Former Dean, Antioch School of Law, Former Founding Executive Director, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC |
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Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, CA |
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Ken Terry
Senior Editor, Medical Economics Magazine, Arthor, Rx for Healthcare Reform, Woodcliff Lake, NJ |
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CONGRESS CO CHAIRS
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John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC (National Health Reform Co chair) |
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Katharina Janus, PhD
Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Former Senior Lecturer, Hannover Medical School, New York, NY (International Coverage Co chair) |
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T. J. Sullivan, JD, LLM
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Former Special Assistant (Health Care), to the IRS Assistant Commissioner (Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations), Washington, DC (Legal Issues Co chair) |
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CONGRESS OVERVIEW:
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The challenge of the un and underinsured in America puts great social and economic stress on the nation's health system. The goals of the National Congress on the Un and Underinsured are, in a balanced, practical and non partisan manner,
- to define the issue in all of its aspects
- to identify and assess various federal and state health reform proposals
- to analyze the role of Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP in expansion of coverage for the uninsured
- to describe and compare various international approaches to the issue
- to identify voluntary, charitable initiatives that are happening across the country to address the issue at the local level
- to assess current obligations and practices of healthcare providers to render care to uninsured patients
The Congress will feature prominent keynote speakers and plenary session panels on these topics and the following concurrent session tracks:
- National Health Reform
- State Health Reform
- Medicaid and Children's Health
- International Lessons
- The Role of Safety Net Providers
- Provider Strategies in Serving the Uninsured
- Case Studies in Community-Based Initiatives
- Legal Issues
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CONGRESS SPONSORS:
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The Harvard Health Policy Review is dedicated to broadening awareness of health policy issues and aims to educate people about healthcare policy and to stimulate thinking about the pressing healthcare questions facing the nation and the world. The HHPR is published by Exploring Policy in Health Care at Harvard and is supported by the University-wide Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy. |
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Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. Health Affairs is a multidisciplinary journal covering a wide range of health issues, including access to care, health spending, quality, Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drug coverage and costs, physician practice, nursing trends, mental health, malpractice and health law, insurance reform, hospitals, global health, and disparities in healthcare, among others. |
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The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed operating foundation that works to improve health by helping decision makers in the public and private sectors acquire and use the best available evidence to inform policy for health care and population health. The Fund has engaged in nonpartisan analysis, study, research, and communication on significant issues in health policy since its inception in 1905. Its staff organizes and participates in meetings with decision makers and publishes reports, books, and The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy. |
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