Healthcare Reform in the United States: Legal Implications and Policy Considerations

The Connecticut Law Review, the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, and the Insurance Law Center are pleased to present a two-day symposium focusing on healthcare in the United States and the implications surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Discussions will focus on policy and economic considerations, as well as challenges in implementing federal healthcare reform and improving access to healthcare.

 Note: all events are in William F. Starr Hall unless noted.

Friday, November 11, 2011:

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Introductory Remarks
Jeremy Paul, Dean, University of Connecticut School of Law
The Honorable Kevin Lembo, Comptroller, State of Connecticut

9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Implications for Veterans' Healthcare Following Reform

• Susan Schmeiser (moderator), Associate Dean for Student Life and Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Julian D. Ford, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Lewis Kazis, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
• Efthimios Parasidis, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Comparative Health Law and Policy

• Peter Kochenburger (moderator), Interim Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Amy Campbell, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, Upstate Medical University
• Charles Klippel, Aetna Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Stephen Latham, Director, Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
• John Nyman, Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
   

12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Break

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch and Keynote Speaker
Timothy Jost, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Break

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Challenges in State Implementation of Federal Healthcare Reform

• Susan Schmeiser (moderator), Associate Dean for Student Life and Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Patricia Baker, President and CEO, Connecticut Health Foundation
• Jeannette B. DeJesús, Special Advisor to the Governor on Healthcare Reform and Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Health
• Kevin Galvin, Advisory Committee Chairman, Small Business for a Healthy Connecticut
• John McDonough, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
• Jason Perillo, Representative, 113th District, State of Connecticut, and Ranking Member, Public Health Committee

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Break

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Disparities in Access to Healthcare

• Kaaryn Gustafson (moderator), Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Michael J. DeBoer, Associate Professor of Law, Faulkner University Jones School of Law
• Allison Hoffman, Acting Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
• Brendan Maher, Assistant Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
• Jessica Roberts, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
• Ruqaiijah Ayanna Yearby, Professor and Associate Director of the Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Break

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Reception, Janet M. Blumberg Hall

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Dinner, Janet M. Blumberg Hall

Saturday, November 12, 2011:

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 am. - Welcome and Opening Remarks
The Honorable Joseph D. Courtney '78, U.S. Congressman for Connecticut's 2nd District

8:50 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Constitutional Concerns Surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

• Willajeanne McLean (moderator), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Frank Askin, Distinguished Professor of Law, Robert E. Knowlton Scholar and Director, Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Rutgers School of Law - Newark
• Loftus Becker, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Stewart Jay, Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
• Steven Schwinn, Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Tax and Economic Policy Considerations

• Aviva Abramovsky (moderator), Associate Dean for Special Projects and Associate Professor of Law, Syracuse University School of Law
• John V. Jacobi, Faculty Director & Dorothea Dix Professor of Health Law & Policy, Seton Hall Law School
• Theodore Ruger, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Rex Santerre, Professor of Finance and Healthcare Management, University of Connecticut School of Business
• Stephen Utz, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

12:00  p.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Break

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Lunch and Keynote Speaker (Janet M. Blumberg Hall):
Norman Daniels
Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics
and Professor of Ethics and Population Health
Harvard School of Public Health

The RSVP deadline for this event was November 7, 2011. If you have questions or concerns, please send an e-mail to Pat Carbray.

If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact Jane Thierfeld Brown at (860)570-5130 or via e-mail.