Press Briefing: The 2nd Annual EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006
Contact(s):
Mary Mahon
Public Information Officer
TEL 212-606-3853
cell phone 917-225-2314
mm@cmwf.org
Early Experience With High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans
Press Briefing
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Conference Center
1330 G Street, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Agenda
9:00 Welcome
- Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund
9:10 Findings from the Second Annual Consumerism in Health Care Survey
- Paul Fronstin, Senior Research Associate, EBRI
- Sara Collins, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund
9:40 Q and A
10:15 - 12 noon Reactor Panels:
Reaction from Insurers and Providers
- James Bentley, American Hospital Association
- Karen Atwood, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
Reaction from Employers, Consultants, and Taft-Hartley Plans
- Jeff Munn, Hewitt Associates
- Barbara Gniewek, Deloitte Consulting
- Steve Barger, Kentucky State District Council of Carpenters Health & Welfare, Pension and Annuity Trust Funds
Summary and Final Reaction Panel
- Joe Antos, American Enterprise Institute
- Jon Gabel, Center for Studying Health System Change
Read the Issue Brief.
A webcast of this EBRI/Commonwealth Fund briefing will be available later today at www.KaiserNetwork.org.