Session 8: Health Reform - What, When, How?
After a 16 year hiatus, comprehensive health reform is back. While there are similarities to the 1993-94 debate, there are also important distinctions – not the least of which is the economic crisis coupled with massive fiscal imbalances. Reforms to cover uninsured individuals and address affordability will increase government spending compounding our number one fiscal problem. How does the Administration’s proposal address these concerns? What arguments is the opposition mustering? What are the odds on passage? What is the outlook for our non-system health system in either case? These critical questions will be addressed in this session by an Administration official charged with leading health and healthcare policy.
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Speakers
Paul Hughes-Cromwick
Altarum Institute, moderator
Steven B. Miller
Express Scripts
Dr. Miller joined Express Scripts in 2005. During his first year with the company, he made substantial contributions to reinforcing the model of generic and low-cost brand promotion, helping Express Scripts achieve one of its most profitable years ever. In his current role, Dr. Miller continues to assist millions of Express Scripts patients save billions of dollars, while improving their health.
As senior vice president, chief medical officer, Dr. Miller performs the following tasks:
· Provides medical oversight for Express Scripts and CuraScript, including the rapidly growing field of specialty pharmacy
· Represents and fosters clinical research as an Express Scripts cornerstone
· Promotes electronic prescribing and serves a SureScripts-RxHub board member
· Drives development of new products and services to support our mission of making prescription drugs safer and more affordable.
William Peck
Center for Health Policy, Washington University
Peck, former dean of the School of Medicine, directs the University's Center for Health Policy. Revolutionary scientific advances promise great improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and the treatment of patients. But major obstacles must be overcome before this enormous potential can be realized. Barriers include: disparities in access to care and insurance, rising costs, fragmented organization, shortages in the workforce, and inefficiencies and errors in the provision of medical services. Identifying effective solutions is among the most important and difficult tasks facing the country and constitutes the work of the Washington University Center for Health Policy.
Neera Tanden
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Neera Tanden is currently the Counselor for Health Reform at HHS, where she is working on the President’s health care reform plan and helping formulate the department’s response to reform efforts. She is also working on the Department’s interagency Comparative Effectiveness Subgroup as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is focused on maximizing the effectiveness of the Congress’ $1.1 billion investment in funding. Prior to that she was the Director of Domestic Policy for the Obama Biden Presidential Campaign, where she ran point on the campaign’s major initiative on health care, as well as other domestic issues. Before that, Tanden served as Policy Director for the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign where she directed all policy work, ranging from domestic to economic to foreign affairs. She previously served as Senator Clinton's Legislative Director, where she oversaw health care policy, including the Senator’s health care quality legislation and comparative effectiveness proposals. She was formerly Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy at the Center for American Progress, as well as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, where she worked on the Center’s proposals for universal health care and health care quality. Tanden received her Bachelor of Science degree at UCLA and received her J.D. from Yale Law School.