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LEADERS’ PROJECT POLICY FORUM
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Eastland Park Hotel
Portland, Maine
10:30am ‐ 1:30pm

AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions

• Kristin M. Leary - Director of Programs, The Bipartisan Policy Center

Opening Remarks

• Senator George J. Mitchell
• Chris Jennings, Leaders’ Project Co‐Director, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., Washington, DC
• Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Leaders’ Project Co‐Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution

Discussion Topic One Applying Lessons Learned in Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts
to the National Level

• Trish Riley - Director, Maine Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance
• Jon Kingsdale, PhD - Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
• Jim Leddy, MSW - Former Vermont State Senator, and President, AARP‐Vermont

Discussion I Video:

Discussion Topic TwoIncreasing Access to Health Coverage Through Market Reforms: Policy Options and Practical Applications

• Jeanne Lambrew, PhD - Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
• Joseph Antos, PhD - Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute
• Bela Gorman, FSA, MAAA - Lead Consultant, Gorman Actuarial, LLC
• John Bertko, FSA, MAAA - Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution, and former Chief Actuary, Humana, Inc

Discussion II Video:

Discussion Topic Three Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care: Links to Coverage Reform

• Robert McAfee, MD - Former President, American Medical Association
• William L. Caron, Jr. - President and CEO, MaineHealth
• David Howes, MD - President and CEO, Martin’s Point Health Care
• David Wennberg, MD, MPH - Chief Science and Products Officer, Health Dialog, and President and COO, Health Dialog Analytical Solutions
• Edward Miller, MS - Executive Director, American Lung Association of Maine
• Megan Hannan - Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, The American Cancer Society of Maine

Discussion III Video:

Discussants

• Joseph P. Ditré, Esq. - Executive Director, Consumers for Affordable Health Care
• John Benoit - President, Employee Benefit Solutions
• Richard (Skip) White - Assistant Vice President, New England Provider Contracting, CIGNA Healthcare
• Elizabeth Kilbreth, PhD - Associate Research Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Muskie School of Public Service
• Christine Williams - Director of Strategic Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Susan Tully Abdo, Esq. - Senior Director for Northeast Government Relations, Aetna, Inc

Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care