COVID-19 and State Medicaid Budgets: How Short-Term Cuts Could Result in Long-Term Harm to Children and Families, Especially in Communities of Color

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 1:00 p.m. E.T.

Listen to a recording of the teleconference.

Agenda

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction: Rachel Nuzum, M.P.H., Vice President, Federal and State Health Policy, The Commonwealth Fund 

1:05 – 1:25

Speaker presentations:

• Joan Alker, M.Phil, Executive Director and Research Professor, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
• Mayra Alvarez, M.H.A., President, The Children’s Partnership
• Melinda Williams-Willingham, M.D., FAAP, Chair, Committee on Federal Government Affairs at the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Laurie Zephyrin, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., FACOG, Vice President, Health Care Delivery System Reform, The Commonwealth Fund

1:30 Q and A:

Joan Alker, Mayra Alvarez, Melinda Williams-Willingham, Laurie Zephyrin

The issue brief, “Jeopardizing a Sound Investment: Why Short-Term Cuts to Medicaid Coverage During Pregnancy and Childhood Could Result in Long-Term Harm,” can be found at: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/dec/short-term-cuts-medicaid-long-term-harm