This agenda is tentative and subject to change prior to the event.
This agenda is tentative and subject to change prior to the event.
Day 1 - Tuesday, May 17
All Times Eastern
| 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Welcome, Intros and Preview of Day 1 | · Ryan Holeywell - Senior Director of Advocacy Communications, LLS |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | How Patients Can Take Control When the Deck’s Stacked Against Them | · Marshall Allen – Author, “Never Pay the First Bill And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win” and Former ProPublica Healthcare Reporter |
| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Junk Insurance: The Misunderstood Health Plans Duping Patients Nationwide | · Lucy Culp - Executive Director of State Government Affairs, LLS |
| · Sarah Gantz - Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer | ||
| · JoAnn Volk - Co-director, Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy | ||
| 1:30 p.m.-1:40 p.m. | BREAK | BREAK |
| 1:40 p.m.-2:30 p.m. | Working With Public Officials: How State Agencies Can Be a Resource | · Trinidad Navarro - Delaware Insurance Commissioner |
| 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Covering Health Equity: Telling Impactful Stories and Highlighting Solutions | · Melba Newsome - Freelance Journalist - Scientific American, Politico and more |
| · Ibby Caputo - Freelance Journalist - NPR, New York Times, and more | ||
| · Matthew Ong - Associate Editor, The Cancer Letter | ||
| 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | BREAK | BREAK |
| 3:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs: The Looming Threat for Seniors | · Brian Connell - Executive Director of Federal Affairs, LLS |
| · Stacie B. Dusetzina - Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | ||
| · Trudy Lieberman - Contributing Editor, Center for Health Journalism | ||
| · Harris Meyer - Freelance Journalist – Kaiser Health News, Modern Healthcare, and more |
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 18
All Times Eastern
| 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | Welcome and Preview of Day 2 | · Ryan Holeywell - Senior Director of Advocacy Communications, LLS |
| 11:40 a.m. -12:10 p.m. | How My Cancer Diagnosis Made Me a Better Health Reporter | · Alexandra Glorioso - Founder of Barred Owl Press and Former Politico Health Reporter |
| 12:10 p.m-1:20 p.m. | Surprise Medical Bills: Finding Stories and Following the Paper Trail | · Julie Appleby – Senior Correspondent, Kaiser Health News |
| · Katie Berge – Director of Federal Affairs, LLS | ||
| · Karen Pollitz – Senior Fellow for Health Reform and Private Insurance, Kaiser Family Foundation | ||
| 1:20 p.m.-1:50 p.m. | BREAK | BREAK |
| 1:50 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Medicaid: Covering the Lifeline Serving 1 in 5 Americans | · Steve Butterfield – Director of State Public Policy, LLS; Former Maine State Representative |
| · April Simpson – Senior Reporter, Center for Public Integrity | ||
| · Megan Messerly – Healthcare Reporter, Politico | ||
| 2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. | What's Next: Covering Health Stories Beyond the Pandemic | · Dylan Scott - Policy Reporter, Vox |
| 3:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Health Care & the Law: Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore the Court System | · Katie Keith – Principal, Keith Policy Solutions; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law School |
