Mobilizing for National Health Care Reform
The Truth About the Candidates’ Plans
for National Health Care Reform
Understanding the Proposals, Building Our Networks
Listen to podcasts, and see presentations, from this Forum, presented on October 22, 2008, by the Center for Policy Analysis; California Public Health Association-North; UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health; and Women LEAD for Health
- Analysis of the presidential candidates’ national health care reform plans from experts in the perspectives of women, low-income communities, public health advocates and health care providers.
- Practical steps for reform in the first 100 days of a new administration: fixing Medicare and reauthorizing SCHIP, and comprehensive reform proposals that promote health and wellness, and public health policies and programs.
Program
1. Welcome and introductions
Center for Policy Analysis: Ellen Shaffer, PhD, MPH, Co-Director
UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health: Dixie Horning, Executive Director
California Public Health Association-North: Giorgio Piccagli, President
Women LEAD for Health: Destiny Lopez, Co-Chair
Mark Herbert, Office of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Ellen R. Shaffer, Center for Policy Analysis
judyyoung10-22-2008.jpg
Judy Young – UCSF Natl. Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Click to hear Welcoming Remarks
Giogio Piccagli, California Public Health Association-North
2. Criteria for Reform
- Moderators
– Ellen Shaffer: Universal coverage, Comprehensive benefits, Affordability
– Roma Guy, California Women’s Agenda: Quality
– Giorgio Piccagli: Strong public health system
– Ellen Shaffer: Feasibility
Click to hear about Criteria
Deborah LeVeen, Professor Emerita, SF State University
3. National Plans: Toward the first 100 days
- Overview: Ellen Shaffer
- Evaluation of the presidential candidates’ proposals
– Deborah LeVeen, PhD, Professor Emerita, SF State University
– Ellen Shaffer
Click to hear about Obama and McCain’s plans
Click to see Power Pt on the plans
Click to see grid comparing plans
Click to see grid on women and the plans
4. Perspectives: Coverage, Access, Cost, Quality
– Destiny Lopez, Women LEAD for Health
- Michael Lighty, California Nurses Association
- Anthony Wright, Health Access, Health Care for America Now
Destiny Lopez, Women LEAD for Health, ACCESS/Women’s Health Rights Coalition
Michael Lighty, California Nurses Association
Anthony Wright, Health Access, Health Care for America Now
Click to hear Lopez, Lighty, Wright
5. Public Health and Health Care Reform
– Tangerine Brigham, MPH, Healthy San Francisco
– Jeremy Cantor, MPH, Prevention Institute
– Bob Prentice, PhD, Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative
Tangerine Brigham, Healthy San Francisco
Jeremy Cantor, Prevention Institute, Bob Prentice, Bay Area Regional Health Inequalities Initiative
Click to hear Public Health panel
Conference Participants
6. Mobilizing for Health Care Reform in the New Economy
- Jacob Hacker, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor of Political Science
7. Bonus session: Anthony Wright and Michael Lighty
Closing Remarks: Megan Miller, Office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
Click to hear final Lighty-Wright exchange
