When

Fri, Nov. 11, 2011
8:30 am - 3 pm
(GMT-06:00) America/Chicago

The Baker Institute is hosting its third biennial conference on health care reform to consider the implications of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the U.S. health care system and the well-being of the population. Five of the nation's foremost health economists will discuss issues including the economic underpinnings of the health care reform legislation, the current status and future for the prescription drug industry, and the long- term care sector.

Support for this program has been generously provided by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation. The Health Policy Forum would also like to thank its members: Baylor College of Medicine, Madison Benefits Group, Inc., St. Luke"s Episcopal Health System, Humana, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children"s Hospital.

Click here to download the conference agenda.

Conference video is available below.

Featured Speakers

Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Presentation: PDF icon"Technology and Cost Growth in Health Care"

Mark Duggan, Ph.D.
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: PDF icon"The Economist's Invisible Hand in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"

Martin Gaynor, Ph.D.
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
Presentation: PDF icon"Health Care Industry Consolidation: Facts, Impacts and Policy Options"

David C. Grabowski, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Presentation: PDF icon"Will Long-term Care be a CLASS Act Under Health Care Reform?"

Kosali Simon, Ph.D.
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Presentation: PDF icon"Panacea of Bitter Pill? Prescription Drugs Under Health Care Reform"

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When

Fri, Nov. 11, 2011
8:30 am - 3 pm
(GMT-06:00) America/Chicago