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Annual PHAN Health Care Conference (2010)
Where Do We Go From Here?
A Conference on Health Care Reform
SUNDAY, APRIL 25 & MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010
Check out some photos and press clips from the conference
PHAN's 2010 Health Care Reform Conference was a huge success! About 180 people came out to learn more about how health reform will be implemented in Pennsylvania and the benefits it will bring to working families, with insurance and without. A big thank you to everyone who attended.
This page is your one-stop shop for resources from the conference. Below you can access publications and materials that were included in the conference packet, audio podcasts of the main conference sessions and most of the workshop sessions, and PowerPoint presentations from conference presenters.
Publications and Materials in Conference Packet
PHAN Conference Agenda, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
The Future of adultBasic: Preserving Access to Affordable Health Coverage for the Uninsured, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
You can also view maps showing adultBasic enrollment and waiting list numbers by county across Pennsylvania.
High Risk Pools Summary, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Quick Wins: Who Will Be Helped Right Away By the New Health Care Reform Law?, Community Catalyst
Strengthening Medicare, U.S. House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor
Keynote Address
Speaker: Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, President, National Physicians Alliance
PowerPoint Presentation
Health Care Reform: What It All Means & What Comes Next
Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, President, National Physicians Alliance
Audio Podcast (Note: Dr. Arkoosh is introduced by Georgeanne Kohler, PHAN Activist of the Year)
Plenary Session: Opportunities and Challenges for Pennsylvania Post-Reform
Panelists: Kelly Hall, Senior Advisor for Health Care Policy for Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz; Ann Torregrossa, Director of Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform; Shelley Bain, Bureau of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Insurance
Moderator: Amy Reumann, Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA
Audio Podcast
Workshops
The Devil is in the Details: The Exchange
Panelists: Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst; Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
PowerPoint Presentations
What is an exchange, anyway?
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
National Health Care Reform: Helping People and Small Businesses Afford Private Insurance
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Audio podcast for this session is not yet available.
Vulnerable Pennsylvanians at Risk — The Fate of the adultBasic Program
Panelists: Todd Eachus, Majority Leader, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Kristen Dama, Community Legal Services
Moderator: Sharon Ward, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Audio Podcast
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Panelists: Letty Thall, Maternity Care Coalition; Sari Stevens, Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates; Kate Michelman, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Special Advisor to the Women’s Law Project
Moderator: Audrey Ross, Planned Parenthood, Southeastern Pennsylvania
PowerPoint Presentation
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Raising Women’s Voices of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Audio Podcast
Health Care Quality
Panelists: Eileen Connelly, SEIU; Renée Markus Hoden, Community Catalyst; Greg Howe, Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform
Moderator: Ted Zimmer, Consumer Health Coalition
PowerPoint Presentation
Opportunities for Better Care in National Health Reform
Renee Markus Hodin, Community Catalyst/ Integrated Care Advocacy Project
Audio Podcast
Grassroots Organizing and Messaging Post-Health Care Reform
Panelists: Kati Sipp, SEIU; Athena Ford, Philadelphia Unemployment Project; Marc Stier, Health Care for America Now; Michael Morrill, Keystone Progress; Chris Lilienthal, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Moderator: Antoinette Kraus, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Audio Podcast
Hitting the Ground Running: The Basics of Private Insurance and New Market Reforms
Panelists: Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA; Shelley Bain, Bureau of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Insurance
Moderator: Sharon Ward, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
PowerPoint Presentation
Hit the Ground Running
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
Audio Podcast
Medicaid after Health Reform
Panelists: Michael Nardone, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst; Jay Feldstein, D.O., Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Moderator: Laval Miller-Wilson, Pennsylvania Health Law Project
PowerPoint Presentation
National Health Care Reform: What Does It Mean for Medicaid?
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Audio podcast for this session is not yet available.
Impact of Health Reform on Children: Implications for CHIP & Medicaid
Panelists: David Callahan, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children; Ann Bacharach, Pennsylvania Health Law Project; Kathy Yorkievitz, Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform
Moderator: Katy Weeks, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Audio Podcast
What Changes Are in Store for Older Pennsylvanians?
Panelists: Ray Landis, AARP-PA; Bob LeRoy, Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Pennsylvania Chapter; Adam Swope, Alliance of Retired Americans
Moderator: Alison Hirsch, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Audio Podcast
Health Reform and Expanding Home-and Community-Based Services
Panelists: Raymond Prushnok, Pennsylvania Department of Aging; David Gates, PHLP; Lisa Frank, SEIU
Audio Podcast
Closing Session: What Have We Learned, and What’s Next?
Panelists: Reena Singh, Community Catalyst; Jessica Larochelle, Families USA; Antoinette Kraus, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Moderator: Laval Miller-Wilson, Pennsylvania Health Law Project
PowerPoint Presentation
Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform
Reena E. Singh, Field Coordinator, Community Catalyst
Audio Podcast
Additional Health Reform Resources
Benefits of Health Reform by Pennsylvania Congressional District, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Health Insurance Reform and Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Reform Subsidy Calculator, The Kaiser Family Foundation
Putting Americans in Charge of Their Health Care, The White House
Health Care Reform Publications, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce