Health-Care Reform: A Capitol Hill Update | The New School

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New School President Emeritus and former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey hosts a webcast from the recording studio in the U.S. Senate to discuss the health-care reform debate raging on Capitol Hill this summer. He is joined by three top advisors to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus, the Democratic leaders shaping reform legislation. Panelists will provide an inside look at the latest proposed legislative approaches to health-care reform, including a public health-care plan, reducing reforms price tag, taxing employer-provided health-care benefits, points of agreement—and tension—between the White House and Congress, and lessons learned from the Massachusetts model of universal coverage.

Kate Leone, Senior Health Counsel, Office of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV).
Kate Leone is senior health counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. She works on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, health coverage, and prescription drug and medical device issues. Ms. Leone joined Senator Reids staff in January 2005 after serving as counsel to the previous Senate Democratic Leader, Tom Daschle, and working as a senior policy advisor with the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Her previous experience includes working on health-care matters as an attorney for the United States Department of Justices Antitrust Division. She received a J.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Dr. John E. McDonough, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). Dr. McDonough advises Senator Kennedy on national health reform. He is the former executive director of Health Care For All, Massachusetts leading consumer health advocacy organization. From 1998 through 2003, he was an associate professor at the Heller School at Brandeis University. Prior to that, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he cochaired the Joint Committee on Health Care. Dr. McDonough is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. His articles have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and other journals. He has written two books, Experiencing Politics: A Legislators Stories of Government and Health Care (2000) and Interests, Ideas, and Deregulation: The Fate of Hospital Rate Setting (1998).

Russ Sullivan, Democratic Staff Director, Senate Committee on Finance.
Russ Sullivan plays a leading role in helping the Senate Finance Committee (led by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)) to shape the nations tax system. His many accomplishments with the committee include boosting minimum wages and crafting tax credits related to renewable energy and education. Mr. Sullivan served as the committees chief tax counsel under former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and as tax counsel and legislative director for then-Senator Bob Graham (D-FL). He began his career as an accountant and then worked as an attorney in private practice.

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Excellent!! I really enjoyed watching this.