Subject: O'Neill Institute Colloquium: Future Directions for U.S. Health Reform - Wednesday, Nov 12 - 1:20-3:20pm
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O'Neill Institute Colloquium:

Future Directions for U.S. Health Reform

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

1:20 - 3:20 p.m.

Georgetown University Law Center
Faculty Dining Room, Hotung Room 2001
550 First Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Christopher C. Jennings
Chris Jennings is an over three decades-long health policy veteran of the White House, the Congress and the private sector. In January, he departed from his second tour of duty in the White House where he served President Obama as Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Coordinator of Health Reform. He served in a similar capacity in the Clinton White House for nearly eight years.

From his positions in the executive branch, Mr. Jennings has helped implement the Affordable Care Act's access and delivery reform provisions (for President Obama) as well as played leadership roles in the development, passage and implementation of bipartisan health reforms, such as the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1997 and major Medicare reforms in the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (for President Clinton).

In his decade of service in the U.S. Senate, he served as the Deputy Director of the Special Committee on Aging for three Senators (Glenn, Pryor, and Melcher) and led major reform efforts in the areas of long-term care, prescription drug coverage/cost containment, and rural health care.  In this capacity, he also served in a major role for the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (also known as the "Pepper Commission").

Chris is currently re-establishing Jennings Policy Strategies (JPS), a nationally respected health care consulting firm committed to assisting foundations, purchasers, health systems and other aligned stakeholders develop policies to ensure higher quality, more affordable and sustainable health care. He has consistently worked to develop administrative, legislative, and private sector policies/interventions to ensure better stewardship of and a greater return on investment on the nation's nearly $3 trillion investment in health care. In addition to his consulting work and his collaborations with think tanks such as the BPC, Mr. Jennings is a frequent contributor on health reform issues to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Panelists

Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families (CCF)
Joan Alker is Executive Director at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) and for the past ten years a Research Associate Professor at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. Her work focuses on health coverage for low-income children and families, with an emphasis on Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Two of her most recent reports examine premium assistance options in Medicaid and CHIP and the nation's progress covering children. She has authored numerous reports and studies on a range of issues including Medicaid waivers, child and family coverage, premium assistance and is the principal investigator of a multi-year study on Florida's Medicaid program.

Henry Claypool, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)

Henry Claypool is the Executive Vice President of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Having sustained a spinal cord injury in a snow skiing accident in college, Henry Claypool has been living with a disability for more than thirty years. This experience has fostered a deep personal commitment to ensuring that all Americans with disabilities are able to access the services and supports they need to lead productive and fulfilling lives-and this has been the focus of his professional life.

Karen Pollitz, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Karen Pollitz is a Senior Fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). She works on the Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance, tracking implementation of private market reforms with a focus on consumer protections. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked at the US Department of Health and Human Services on national health reform (2010-2011 and 1993-1997) and directed research on private health insurance at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. She has a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA from Oberlin College.

The O'Neill Institute Colloquium is open to all students, faculty, staff, and interested members of the public.

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