Covering the Uninsured: Who has the will and who has the way?
Panel Discussion on the Uninsured
Sponsored by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation
On Friday, May 2, 2008, Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation, will convene a panel of experts to explore the problem of America’s 47 million uninsured.
Panelists Catherine McLaughlin, Professor of Health Management & Policy and director of the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, U-M School of Public Health; Kevin Seitz, executive vice president of Health Care Value Enhancement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; and Ellen Rabinowitz, executive director of the Washtenaw Health Plan will share their views and join Udow-Phillips to respond to audience questions. Tracy Davis of the Ann Arbor News will moderate.
The panel discussion will take place from Noon – 2 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in the Danto Auditorium at the U-M Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Admission is free, but seating is limited.
For information about other events happening in Michigan during Cover the Uninsured week (April 27 – May 3, 2008), visit www.covertheuninsured.org and click on “Michigan.”
Presentation Slides
- Catherine McLaughlin (404 Kb PowerPoint file)
- Ellen Rabinowitz (480 Kb PowerPoint file)
Questions and Answers
The panel responded to audience questions at the event, and in writing to other questions submitted by the audience. Some audience questions were edited and/or combined to avoid duplication.
Read the questions and answers »
Videos
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- Panel discussion – part 1
- Panel discussion – part 2
- Panel discussion – part 3
- Panel discussion – part 4
- Panel discussion – part 5