Universal Coverage Through Universal Responsibilty

The steadily rising number of uninsured Americans and the highest premium increases in a decade are placing healthcare reform back atop the domestic policy agenda. Although a broad array of constituencies is converging around the goal of covering the uninsured, there remains surprisingly little agreement on how to reach that goal.

This Capitol Hill event will explore how a system of mandatory insurance -- combined with means-tested public subsidies -- could provide fully portable coverage to all Americans, while lowering insurance costs, expanding consumer choice, raising the quality of care, and freeing businesses from the burden of administering complex benefit plans.

Participants

• John Breaux
  (D-LA), United States Senator


• Bruce Bodaken
  Chairman, President & CEO, Blue Shield of California


• Karen Davis
  President, The Commonwealth Fund


• Ted Halstead
  President and CEO, New America Foundation