State Laboratories Shaping Their Own Future
with Joel Ario, Managing Director, Manatt Health Solutions 

Program:

Welcome and Introduction ~ 
Professor Larry Jacobs
 

State Laboratories Shaping Their Own Future
Keynote and Conversation ~
Joel Ario, Managing Director, Manatt Health Solutions

Reaction Panel ~ 
Commissioner Mike Rothman, Minnesota Department of Commerce
Representative Steve Gottwalt (R)
Representative Thomas Huntley (DFL)

Panels are moderated by Professor Larry Jacobs and Dave Hage, Star Tribune

 

Please join us for the third forum in the series, Health Care Reform: How to Build on the MInnesota Model. The third forum will feature a conversation with Joel Ario about state progress implementing reform and will be followed by a reaction panel with Commissioner Mike Rothman, Rep. Steve Gottwalt and Rep. Thomas Huntley. 

Mr. Ario is a national expert on the implementation of health care reform, having worked as the Exchange Director in the Obama Administration and as Insurance Commissioner in Pennsylvania and Oregon. Ario, currently a consultant for a number of states with both Democratic and Republican Governors and the National Governors Association, will discuss state progress on implementing reform. 

For generations, Minnesota has championed true public-private solutions to challenges that affect our state’s health care system. This approach, praised nationally as the “Minnesota Model”, merges private sector innovation and strong public policy in order to make health care as efficient and effective as possible for the greatest number of people.

In the spirit of this strong tradition of collaboration, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Humphrey School's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota are convening a series of public forums on how best to implement health care reform at the state level. By fostering discussions among local policy makers, stakeholders, and citizens, these meetings will explore today’s fiscal and demographic challenges and examine opportunities for ensuring Minnesota’s legacy as a leader in individual and community health. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, a non-profit health company, is dedicated to engaging people from all communities and sharing ideas about how to create a healthy future for all Minnesotans. 

The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance develops practical, independent, and non-partisan solutions to pressing political and policy challenges. CSPG brings together three critical components of public governance today: objective high quality analysis, publicly visible forums, and civic engagement. 

 

This event is free and open to the public.

For parking and directions please go to http://www.hhh.umn.edu/contact/parking.html

To request disability accommodations, please call 612-625-5340 or e-mail cspg@umn.edu. 

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