2020•University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota)Requires access
Savings America's Health Insurance in a Pandemic
Joel Ario, Michelle A. Benson, Lawrence R. Jacobs
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Abstract
This online event video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBqB0m0crsw&t=920s America is facing a double-whammy: a public health emergency and an economic depression that is eliminating health insurance for millions of unemployed. How can America preserve health insurance? Policy makers are weighing three options: preserve the current employer-based insurance, strengthen President Obama's program of offering subsidies to purchase private insurance, or creating a government-run health insurance system. Joel Ario, former Obama health official and a consultant at the Manatt firm, will assess each of these options. He will be joined by the the Deputy Majority Leader in the Minnesota State Senate and chair of the Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee, Sen. Michelle Benson.