‘Ask the Experts’ To Address Role of States in National Health Reform

Today at 1:30 p.m. ET, join kaisernetwork.org's "Ask the Experts" for a live webcast covering the role of states in a national health reform effort. The experts will discuss whether reform should proceed state-by-state or nationally, and how states might test various approaches to inform the national debate. In addition, panelists will address how much flexibility states could have with structuring reform and outlining coverage and subsidies as well as what financial and operational responsibilities should rest with state governments. Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation vice president and editor-in-chief of kasiernetwork.org, will moderate the panel discussion with Henry Aaron, senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institution; Stuart Butler, vice president of domestic and economic policy studies at the Heritage Foundation; Alan Weil, executive director and president of the National Academy for State Health Policy; and Judy Feder, professor at Georgetown's Public Policy Institute. Please e-mail your questions before and during the show to ask@kaisernetwork.org.