BPC Events
Our Health Care Future: What's Next After the Supreme Court Decision?
Jul. 30, 2012
Grand Hyatt (Constitution Ballroom)
What does the Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mean for the American health care system?
Join BPC for a series of speakers and panel discussions addressing the impact of the decision on states, health care providers, employers, health plans, and consumers. Specifically, the forum will explore the areas whose fates are most linked to the outcome of the decision: the future of insurance market reforms and the Medicaid program. The forum will also discuss the consequences of the decision in the context of the nation's current political landscape and the upcoming presidential election.
Jul. 25, 2012
College of the Atlantic (Gates Center Meeting Hall)
Featuring
Senator George Mitchell
Co-founder, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Co-chair, BPC Housing Commission
Former U.S. Senate Marjority Leader
A Forum on Transformation through Innovation
Jun. 19, 2012
Embassy Suites Nashville South-Cool Springs
The BPC Health Project will partner with the Nashville Health Care Council to host “A Forum on Transformation through Innovation” in Nashville, Tennessee on June 19, 2012. The event will address the critical role of information technology in health care delivery with a focus on the power of policy to position and drive positive outcomes in quality, lower costs and promote greater coordination and efficiency. The event will include remarks from U.S.
Jun. 5, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
Two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, with child obesity rates tripling over the last three decades. According to the CDC, obesity costs the U.S. as much as $147 billion annually; recent estimates are as high as $190 billion annually, or one-fifth of all health care spending in the U.S.
How can businesses, communities and individuals come together to turn the tide and restore America's intertwined physical and fiscal health?
Join the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative as it releases its report identifying the most promising opportunities to improve nutrition and physical activity for all Americans. Led by a bipartisan group of four former U.S. cabinet secretaries, the initiative brings together key experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to showcase the best opportunities for collaborative action in four priority areas: healthy families, healthy schools, healthy workplaces, and healthy communities.
Housing in America: Innovative Solutions to Address the Needs of Tomorrow (St. Louis Public Forum)
Jun. 5, 2012
Westin St. Louis
At the forum, BPC will release a paper that describes current challenges in affordable housing and community development and provides background information on federal and other government programs meant to address these challenges.
Featuring
Senator Christopher S. “Kit” Bond
Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission
Former United States Senator
James Bullard
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Training Tomorrow's Workers Today: How the Right Investments Can Make a Difference
May 22, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
Today, more than 12 million Americans are unemployed and actively seeking work. For veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan the situation is even more dire, with an unemployment rate nearly 40 percent higher than that of the general population.
However, employers are seeking to fill more than 3.5 million job openings. How do we bridge the divide and provide unemployed workers with the skills and competencies these opportunities require? How can industry collaborate with government to fill the gap when federal resources for job training programs have declined by 18 percent since 2006? And as we prepare to celebrate national service on Memorial Day, how can we ease the transition of veterans back into the civilian workforce?
Join BPC as we examine these issues and more with leaders from the public and private sectors.
Solution or Stall? The Next Round of Talks with Iran
May 14, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
On May 23, the United States and its international partners will sit down in Baghdad for another round of talks with Iran. While a diplomatic deal remains the best hope for a peaceful resolution to the international standoff over Iran's nuclear program, experts disagree over what terms the United States should accept and what can be expected from Iran. BPC hosted a distinguished panel for a discussion of what to expect from, and what is at stake in, the upcoming negotiations.
U.S.-Russia Trade Relations and Human Rights
May 9, 2012
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2203
With Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. could be at a commercial and political disadvantage if it does not graduate Russia from the Jackson-Vanik amendment and grant it permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status. At the same time, many policymakers and experts have serious concerns about shortcomings on human rights and the rule of law in Russia, and favor an approach to Russia that addresses those concerns. Following its recent analysis of the subject, BPC's Foreign Policy Project (FPP) held a discussion on the future of U.S.-Russian relations and building a more constructive bilateral relationship with Russia, including promoting Russian human rights, rule of law, democracy, transparency, civil society and commercial engagements.
8th Annual AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference
May 3 - 4, 2012
Marriott Wardman Park
The Eighth Annual Physician Workforce Research Conference will be held May 3-4, 2012 in Washington, D.C at the Marriott Wardman Park. This conference is the premier opportunity for researchers, educators, and policymakers to meet and discuss federal and state workforce issues. The theme this year will be Stretching our Health Workforce to Meet Population Need.
The Vanishing Moderate Republican
May 1, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
Where have all the moderate Republicans gone? A generation ago, both parties had significant moderate wings. But each election has yielded a hollower middle, and today the political parties are much more clearly divided into conservative and liberal camps. BPC hosted a panel of experts on the disappearance of political centrists from the Republican Party.
Stay tuned for a future event on the decline of Blue Dogs in the Democratic Party, "The Vanishing Moderate Democrat."
The Culture of Congress, Yesterday and Today
Apr. 30, 2012
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Many have commented on how much Congress has changed over the last 40 years for a variety of reasons, most noticeably from the increasing importance of political parties in the legislative process and their increased polarization from each other. Has this trend toward what some political scientists have termed, "conditional party government" provided a sharper choice for voters to choose from or has it pushed Congress into a parliamentary cul de sac with no central accountability exit ramps at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue? These were some of the questions this roundtable of former members, congressional staff and area political scientists tackled along with the ultimate question of whether there is any way to restore a greater measure of deliberation and bipartisan national problem-solving.
Disputed Elections: What Can the Nation Learn from Minnesota?
Apr. 24, 2012
University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs
In the wake of the controversial 2000 presidential election - and high-profile close elections like those in 2008 and 2010 in Minnesota - scholars and practitioners alike are examining how states can best handle the challenges of disputed elections. Political considerations often get top billing, but the legal questions presented are often the most difficult to resolve. Add the fact that new technology and procedures are reshaping elections across the country and it becomes clear that the nation needs to think hard - and well in advance - how to resolve disputes about who actually won an election.
Egypt After the Revolution: What's Next?
Apr. 19, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
More than a year after mass protests forced Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak from power, the potential of Egypt's revolution has yet to be realized. Both the direction of the country and its relations with the U.S. are uncertain.
Although parliamentary elections were held during the winter and presidential elections are scheduled for this summer, the country's constitutional panel is marred by disagreements reflecting the divided state of the nation: a small group of liberals and minorities facing a strong majority composed of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties. Simultaneously, relations between Egypt's military rulers and the U.S. are tense and Egypt's economy continues to deteriorate - despite a renewed pledge of $1.5 billion in aid. BPC held a discussion on Egypt's future and the implications for U.S. national security interests and foreign policy.
Housing in America: Innovative Solutions to Address the Needs of Tomorrow (Orlando Public Forum)
Apr. 17, 2012
Rollins College (Bush Auditorium)
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission held a public forum in Winter Park, Florida to discuss the state’s response to pressures on Florida’s housing market, where foreclosures are nearly double the national average. According to CoreLogic’s February foreclosure report, the Orlando and Tampa metros tied for the highest foreclosure rate, with 12.3 percent (1 in 8) of homes with a mortgage in some stage of the foreclosure process. In addition, the Commission released new research from the University of California, Berkeley that highlights the complexities and opportunities of the U.S. housing finance system compared to other countries; how different types of regulatory structures may have contributed to the housing boom and bust; and how this data can inform domestic housing policy moving forward.
The forum, held at Rollins College, featured former U.S. Senator and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez, who co-chairs the BPC Housing Commission. It also brought together regional housing experts to discuss Central Florida’s housing market, its effect on the local economy, and implications for the future.
Protecting the U.S. Homeland Against the Threat from Iran
Apr. 12, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recently stated that Iranian officials "have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime."
BPC announced the new members of its Homeland Security Project and examined the domestic nature of the Iranian threat, including actions that the U.S. can take to be better prepared to prevent and respond to transnational terrorism.
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