Experts from a range of leading Medicare policy organizations take a fresh look at the importance of the program. Speakers take stock of challenges facing Medicare and discussed solutions that make sense from the perspective of beneficiaries. Public opinion experts discussed current data on Americans’ views of Medicare, how policymakers might learn more about current and future beneficiaries’ priorities, and how gathering new information might drive important improvements in the program.
Speakers include:
– Lee Goldberg, Vice President for Health Policy, National Academy of Social Insurance
– Lynn Friss Feinberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute, and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Aging
Panel 1: Setting a Beneficiary-Oriented Agenda for Medicare: Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges
– Kevin Prindiville, Executive Director, Justice in Aging
– Joe Baker, President, Medicare Rights Center
– Judith Stein, Executive Director, Center for Medicare Advocacy
– Tricia Neuman, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation (moderator)
Panel 2: What Beneficiaries Want for Medicare: Hearing From the Field
– Elizabeth Hamel, Director, Public Opinion and Survey Research at Kaiser Family Foundation
– Mathew Greenwald, President and CEO, Greenwald & Associates
– Andrew Scholnick, Senior Legislative Representative, AARP
– Murray Ross, Vice President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Director, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (moderator)