Keynote Sessions
- Friday, March 9 -- A Consensus Policy Proposal to Cover the Uninsured, and a Consumer Advocate's Perspective
Wednesday, March 7
Maximizing Physical Activity: From People to Policy
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Mark Fenton, MS
Join us for an engaging, informative and highly relevant conference opener!
Mr. Fenton is host of the PBS series America's Walking, and is a pedestrian advocate, authority on policy initiatives to encourage walking and bicycling, champion racewalker, and author of three books.
Mark has worked with the national YMCA's Pioneering Healthy Communities teams to develop plans for activity-promoting policies and projects, and is a consultant to the Active Living by Design program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (See Mark's complete bio.)
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Thursday, March 8
Re-creating New Orleans' Communities, Health and Health Care
Three veteran New Orleans health professionals and community leaders will share stories of what was lost to and what is being re-gained from Katrina, in communities, health care and public health. This session will feature a dynamic panel discussion among presenters who work together on the social, human and health system facets of New Orleans health recovery, and will highlight lessons to help any community prepare for a disaster.
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Rep. Cheryl Artise Gray
Louisiana House of Representatives
(Democrat, District 98 - New Orleans)
Representative Gray brings a key community leadership perspective to New Orleans' recovery, serving on the legislature's Health and Welfare Committee and the House Special Committee on Disaster Planning, Crisis Management, Recovery & Long-Term Revitalization.
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John J. 'Jack' Finn, PhD
President and CEO, Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans
Mr. Finn is helping to restore the service capacity of New Orleans' hospitals and health systems, with a particular emphasis on the challenges of rebuilding the health care workforce.
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Moderator: Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH
Director, Policy and Program Development
Louisiana Public Health Institute
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Friday, March 9
A Consensus Policy Proposal to Cover the Uninsured,
and a Consumer Advocate's Perspective
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Ron Pollack
Founding Executive Director
Families USA
Washington, DC
In a session not to be missed, national health care coverage champion Ron Pollack will present key elements of the Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured's new consensus proposal to cover a significant portion of America's 47 million uninsured.
The Coalition is a diverse group of national advocacy organizations with usually different viewpoints - including Mr. Pollack's Families USA, America's Health Insurance Plans, American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Learn why and how these disparate health care players came together to encourage Congressional action now.
Mr. Pollack, a veteran national consumer advocate, will also share key pillars of Families USA's own coverage agenda and the urgency and feasibility of acting now for the people of our country. (See Mr. Pollack's complete bio.)
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