California Event: Health Care Reform

Paying the Costs

Governor Schwarzenegger has said that the top goal he will announce next year is to expand health insurance coverage to all Californians. This half-day conference was designed to provide him and others with fresh answers to the hard questions of how coverage expansion can be financed and how responsibility could be shared among families, employers, and government.

Presenters ranged from state officials, private employers, health policy advocates, as well as experts from academia, think tanks, and international consulting firms. California's Secretary of Health Kim Belshé kicked off the discussion,while luncheon keynote speaker Mitch Katz, Director of the San Francisco Health Department, offered lessons from that city’s experience.

Selected presentation slides and other materials from the conference can be downloaded below. Video of the keynote address is available at right, or use the links below to view other specific segments.

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Location

CSAC Conference Room

1020 11th Street 2nd Floor

Sacramento, CA, 95814

See map: Google Maps

Agenda

8:00 to 8:30 Light Breakfast

8:30 to 9:00 Setting the Stage for 2007

• David Lesher, New America Foundation (Welcome)
• Brenda Solórzano, Blue Shield of California Foundation (Introduction)
• Kim Belshé, Secretary, California Health & Human Services Agency

9:00 to 10:15 Who Pays? (Video: Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3)

• Daniel Weintraub, Columnist, Sacramento Bee (Moderator)
• Ken Shachmut, Safeway
• Anthony Wright, Director, Health Access California
• Scott Hauge, President, Small Business California
• Assembly Member Hector De La Torre (D), Chair, Assembly Rules Committee (invited)

10:15 to 10:30 Break

10:30 to 11:45 Old Money, New Money (Video: Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3)

• Len Nichols, New America Foundation (Moderator)
• James Kahn, MD, University of California at San Francisco
• Lucien Wilson, Director, Insure the Uninsured
• Peter Harbage, New America Foundation
• Kim Reuben, Urban Institute, Washington
• Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute

12:15 to 1:30 Luncheon Keynote (Video: Pt. 1 | Pt. 2)

• Len Nichols, New America Foundation (Introduction)
• Mitch Katz, Director, San Francisco Health Department