Public Hearing Strengthening Publicly and Privately Funded Long-Term Services and Supports
Wednesday, August 1, 2013

Washington, DC - The federal Commission on Long-Term Care has scheduled its third public hearing on the topic: "Strengthening Publicly and Privately Funded Long-Term Services and Supports." The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, August 1, 2013 beginning at 8:30 am EDT in SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.

  • August 1st Hearing View Here
  • Official Transcript
  • The Commission will hear testimony from four panels of witnesses:

    Panel 1: Strengthening Medicaid LTSS

    • Diane Rowland, MACPAC
    • Patti Killingsworth, TennCare
    • Gary Alexander, formerly Rhode Island Office of Health and Human Services
    • Melanie Bella, CMS, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office

    Panel 2: Strengthening Medicare for LTSS

    • Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute
    • Barbara Gage, Brookings Institute
    • Marilyn Moon, American Institute for Research

    Panel 3: Strengthening Private Long-Term Care Insurance

    • David Grabowski, Harvard Medical School
    • Lane Kent, formerly Univita
    • Jason Brown, US Treasury
    • Bonnie Burns, California Health Advocates

    Panel 4: Interaction of Insurance, Private Resources, and Medicaid

    • Eric French, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
    • Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois
    • Rich Johnson, Urban Institute
    • Ellen O'Brien, formerly MACPAC

    What would strengthen Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports?
    Diane Rowland, Sc.D.
    Executive Vice President, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
    August 1, 2013

  • PowerPoint Presentation

  • What would strengthen Medicaid LTSS
    Patti Killingsworth
    TennCare
    August 1, 2013

  • PowerPoint Presentation

  • Strengthening Medicaid LTSS
    Gary D. Alexander
    President and CEO of the Alexander Group, LLC
    August 1, 2013


    What Would Strengthen Medicaid LTSS?
    Melanie Bella
    Director Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office
    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    August 1, 2013


    Medicare's Role in Financing Long-Term Care
    Joseph R. Antos, Ph.D.
    Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy American Enterprise Institute
    August 1, 2013


    Strengthening Medicare to Strengthen the Publicly and Privately Funded LTSS
    Or
    Taking Care of the High Cost, LTC Populations Under Medicare
    Barbara Gage, Phd
    The Brookings Institution
    August 1, 2013

  • PowerPoint Presentation

  • Medicare and Long Term Care
    Marilyn Moon
    American Institutes for Research
    August 1, 2013


    Expanding Private Long-Term Care Insurance
    David C. Grabowski
    Harvard Medical School
    August 1, 2013


    Testimony of
    Lane B. Kent, LTCP, HIA, CLTC
    formerly Univita
    August 1, 2013


    Combination Long-Term Care Products
    Jason Brown,
    U.S. Department of the Treasury
    August 1, 2013


    Testimony of
    Bonnie Burns, Policy Specialist
    California Health Advocates
    August 1, 2013


    Medicaid Insurance in Old Age
    Eric French
    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University
    College London
    August 1, 2013


    Why is the Market for Long-Term Care Insurance so Small?
    Prof. Jeffrey R. Brown
    University of Illinois and NBER
    August 1, 2013


    Income and Wealth of Older Adults Receiving Long-Term Services and Supports
    Richard W. Johnson
    Urban Institute
    August 1, 2013


    Interaction of Insurance, Private Resources, and Medicaid: Assessing the Evidence
    Ellen O'Brien, Ph.D.
    formerly MACPAC
    August 1, 2013