Events Detail

 Hudson's Center for Science in Public Policy

held a conference on

Health Cooperatives:

A Viable Alternative to a Public Plan?

October 6th, 2009

 Noon - 2:00pm

As the debate over health care reform has escalated, nonprofit health insurance cooperatives have been proposed as an alternative to a government-run health insurance option. Group health cooperatives have long been a part of the American health care landscape. What do we know about how they work? Can they achieve the important objectives of health care reform by increasing choice and competition and controlling costs of health care services? 
 

 Norris, Haislmaier, Rosenberg, Blaylock, Antos, Troy

Panelists included:

Joseph Antos, Ph.D., Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute and former Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office.

Edmund Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, pioneer in health insurance reforms in Massachusetts and frequent television commentator and writer on healthcare.

Robert Rosenberg, M.D., Professor at the Department of Global Health at George Washington University, former CEO and Medical Director of the Group Health Association in Washington, DC, one of the first health cooperatives in the United States.

Barbara Blaylock, M.D., a board-certified internist with experience in a variety of clinical settings including university and VA hospitals; private practice; the Indian Health Service in Arizona, Montana, and New Mexico; a staff model consumer-run co-op HMO; free clinics for the poor; and Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and Washington, DC.

The panel was moderated by Tevi Troy, Visiting Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and writer and consultant on health care and domestic policy. Previously, Dr. Troy served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he oversaw all operations.

The conference was sponsored by The Center for Science in Public Policy at Hudson Institute, whose director Jeremiah Norris introduced Dr. Troy and welcomed the panelists and participants.  Mr. Norris is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and previously served as a senior adviser with Harvard Medical School's international programs where he worked with Brazil's largest health cooperatives, of over 1.8 million members.

For more information contact Kacie Marano at KMarano@hudson.org

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