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Conference
The New Health Care Law: What a Difference a Year Makes
Featuring
David Rivkin, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, and attorney for plaintiffs in Florida v. HHS; Moderated by Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor, National Review; Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA; Douglas Holtz‐Eakin, President, American Action Forum; former Director, Congressional Budget Office; Kavita Patel, M.D., Managing Director of Delivery‐System Reform at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, former Director of Policy for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, and former Deputy Staff Director for the Senate HELP Committee chairman Senator Edward Kennedy; Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute; Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer, Center for American Progress. Moderated by Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent.
When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, few would have predicted what happened in the following year. Opposition to the law has led to Republican gains in Congress, a House vote to repeal it, and two federal courts striking down part or all of the law as unconstitutional. At this special half‐day conference, being held one year after the House of Representatives passed the law, health care experts will debate how the law has already affected America’s health care sector, labor markets, and the federal budget, and what impact it will have in the future. In addition, constitutional scholars will debate the merits of the two dozen legal challenges that have been brought against the law and their likelihood of success before the Supreme Court.
1:00 - 1:45PM
Opening and Keynote Address
David Rivkin, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, and attorney for plaintiffs in Florida v. HHS
Moderated by Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor, National Review
1:45 - 3:00PM
Panel 1: Impact on Health Care, Labor Markets, and Government Budgets
Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA
Douglas Holtz‐Eakin, President, American Action Forum; former Director, Congressional Budget Office
Kavita Patel, M.D., Managing Director of Delivery‐System Reform at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution; former Director of Policy for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs; and former Deputy Staff Director for the Senate HELP Committee under chairman Senator Edward Kennedy
3:00 - 3:15PM
Break
3:15 - 4:30PM
Legal Challenges to the New Health Care Law
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute
Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer, Center for American Progress
Moderated by Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent
4:30 - 5:30PM
Closing Reception
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