NPF Four-Day Seminars:
Health Care and the Presidential Campaign: Audio and Powerpoints
Preparing to Cover the 2008 Health Care Proposals. A McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute
| Program Date: |
November 11, 2007 5:00 PM - November 14, 2007 5:00 PM
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| Location: |
Washington, D.C. |
| Underwritten by: |
McCormick Tribune Foundation, with support from the Verizon Foundation |
| Contact name: |
Kashmir Hill |
| Contact email: |
programs@nationalpress.org |
Middle class worries about health coverage and insurance costs are increasing. The number of uninsured Americans under 65 continues to grow. Concepts like “single-payer systems” and “universal coverage” are popping up, but often are not well understood. Every candidate has a health care proposal. To foster sophisticated, timely reporting as the 2008 presidential campaign unfolds, the National Press Foundation presented this McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute. Over the course of the four-day program participants interacted with experts from government, think tanks, the business sector, academia, and advocacy groups, and senior journalists.
Agenda
Speakers, with Presentations and Audio as Available
Journalist Fellows
Program Funding
Evaluation (for Program Fellows only)
PROGRAM SPEAKERS Overview of the State of U.S. Health Care Today
Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund
National Health Reform and the 2008 Presidential Election
Jennifer Tolbert, Principal Policy Analyst, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Understanding the Public on the Health Care Costs/Uninsured Issue: Implications for Journalists in the Next Debate
Robert J. Blendon, D.Sc., Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis in both the Harvard University School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Persuaders and Politics
Jeffrey Birnbaum, The Washington Post
The Uninsured
Ron Pollack, Executive Director and Vice President, Families USA
Divided We Fail Coalition
John J. Castellani, President, Business Roundtable
William D. Novelli, Chief Executive Officer, AARP
Todd Stottlemyer, President & CEO, National Federation of Independent Business John Edwards' Healthcare Proposals
Peter Harbage, Health care advisor to Sen. John Edwards’s campaign
What’s Happening in the States
Raymond C. Scheppach, Executive Director, National Governors Association
A Roadmap for Achievable Health Care Reform
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans
Why Single Payer National Health Insurance is the Only Viable Option for Reform
David Himmelstein, MD, Physicians for a National Health Program Sen. Clinton’s Healthcare Proposals
Laurie Rubiner Tax Reform as the Key to Successful Health Reform
Robert E. Moffitt, Director, Center for Health Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
A Personal Story of Underinsured Consumers
Jacqueline and Jimmy Eyler, and Dan Smith, President, American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network
Healthcare and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Billy Tauzin, President and CEO, PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Plan
Robert Smoldt, Director, Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center
Gov. Romney’s Healthcare Proposals
Lanhee J. Chen, Domestic Policy Director, Romney for President campaign
JOURNALIST FELLOWS
| Drew Armstrong | Congressional Quarterly | | Catherine Arnst | Business Week | | Elizabeth Auster | Cleveland Plain Dealer | | Lorna Benson | Minnesota Public Radio | | Matt Canham | The Salt Lake Tribune | | Kevin Freking | The Associated Press | | Karen Garloch | Charlotte Observer | | Lisa Girion | Los Angeles Times | | Maureen Groppe | Gannett News Service | | Kevin Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | | Mona Khanna | ICYou.com | | Jennifer Liberto | St. Petersburg Times | | Corrie MacLaggan | Austin American-Statesman | | Tracie Potts | NBC News, Washington | | Betsy Querna | Herald News | | Aurelio Rojas | Sacramento Bee | | Cheryl Tevis | Successful Farming Magazine | | Kathleen Wickham | University of Mississippi |
Like all NPF programs, this one is on-the-record with plenty of time for discussion.
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Download the related documents
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Agenda for Healthcare and the Presidential Campaign (184K)
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Application Form, as Word doc (305K)
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Application Form, as pdf (83K)
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Health Care and the Presidential Campaign: Audio and Powerpoints - Related Resources
A Personal Story of Underinsured Consumers
A Roadmap for Achievable Health Care Reform
National Health Reform and the 2008 Presidential Election
Overview of the State of U.S. Healthcare Today
Persuaders and Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Reducing the Uninsured through Tax Reform
The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Plan
The Uninsured and the Presidential Campaign 2008
Understanding the Public on the Health Care Costs/Uninsured Issue
What's Happening in the States
Program Evaluation for Participating Fellows
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