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4th Annual Medicaid Summit
Thursday, November 3, 2005

Conference CenterMerchandise Mart Plaza

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9:00    Registration/Welcome

9:30    Role of Medicaid & Medicare in U.S. Health Care Delivery System
Dr. Lawrence Brown, Ph.D., Columbia University

10:15  Federal Medicaid Reform: The Medicaid Commission Report to Congress – Implications for States & Access to Care
Dr. Carol Berkowitz, M.D., President AAP, Member Medicaid Commission

11:00 Status of Illinois Medicaid Program: Where do we stand?
MLG Members

12:00 Lunch

1:00    Implications of Federal Medicaid Reforms on States
Alan Weil, J.D., National Academy of State Health Policy

1:45 State Initiatives for Health Care Reform

2:30 Health Care Justice Act: What is it? What does it Mean for Illinoisans?
David Carvahlo, Adequate Health Care Task Force
Jim Duffett, Campaign for Better Health Care

3:30 Wrap Up

More presentations:
Medicaid at the Crossroads
Cindy Mann,
Center for Children and Families,
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute

Equal Access &EPSDT
Frederick H. Cohen
Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.