Immigration and Health Care: What are the Policy Choices? (Webcast)

The Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a live webcast, “Immigration and Health Care: What are the Policy Choices?,” at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 12 as part of an ongoing series of interactive webcasts about health and health care disparities in the U.S. A panel of experts will discuss the influence that immigration policies have on federal and state decisions about access to health care and coverage. Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., senior adviser on Race/Ethnicity & Health Care at the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate the discussion with Tom Perez, M.P.P., J.D., secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and former director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services; Leighton Ku, M.P.H., Ph.D., professor of health policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services; and Steven Camarota, Ph.D., director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Submit questions before or during the show to TodaysTopics@kaisernetwork.org. The live webcast will be available online at kaisernetwork.org. <!– // djd 110503: old location: new location at top right
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Essay Competition: Advise the New President on Health Policy

KaiserEDU.org invites undergraduate and graduate-level students in all disciplines to submit an original essay for the web site’s annual competition. Students are asked to submit entries by March 17th. For more details visit the website: http://www.kaiseredu.org/essay/essaycontest2008.asp

Cyber-seminar: Leading the Way? Maine’s Experience in Expanding Coverage

In 2003, Maine passed the Dirigo Health Reform Act with a goal of affordable health care coverage for all Maine citizens by 2009. While Maine was a leader in passing comprehensive reform legislation, other states have followed, and have passed similar measures or are contemplating their own proposals to provide universal coverage.

In new research jointly funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Initiative and The Commonwealth Fund’s State Innovations Program, Debra Lipson and Jim Verdier from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., have evaluated the development and progress of Maine’s efforts to date.  During this Cyber Seminar, the researchers will discuss their evaluation of Maine’s efforts to expand coverage, slow the growth in health care costs and improve quality of care. Trish Riley and Karynlee Harrington from the State of Maine and Enrique Martinez-Vidal from RWJF’s State Coverage Initiatives program will discuss the findings, including potential lessons for other states. Registration will close on Monday January 28, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. (EST).

Cyber Seminar on February 1, 2008 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (EST)