What Happens to the Safety Net if the ACA is Repealed?

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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
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12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PST

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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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What Happens to the Safety Net if the ACA is Repealed?

What might happen to the safety net of community clinics and hospitals serving the poorest and most vulnerable should the Medicaid expansion be reversed? Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will moderate panel experts Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Jack Needleman, professor & chair of the Dept. of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Louise McCarthy, president & CEO of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County; and Lara Khouri, senior vice president & chief strategy officer of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group, as they discuss what "repeal and replace" might mean for millions of Californians. This seminar, co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is one of a series of special Public Health Grand Rounds seminars dedicated to the fate of the Affordable Care Act.

 

 

Speakers

Gerald Kominski, PhD
Senior Fellow, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Principal Investigator, CalSIM
Gerald Kominski, PhD, is a senior fellow at the UCLA CHPR, principal investigator of CalSIM, and professor emeritus at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Luskin School of Public Affairs. He was UCLA CHPR director from 2012-2018 and associate director from 1994-2012.
Jody Heymann
Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN
Faculty Associate, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Jack Needleman, PhD, is a UCLA CHPR faculty associate and professor of the Department of Health Policy and Management at UCLA FSPH. He teaches courses in health policy, research design, and research methods.
Louise McCarthy
Lara Khouri