Press Briefing: The 2nd Annual EBRI/ Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006

Early Experience With High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans

Press Briefing

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Conference Center
1330 G Street, Washington, D.C.

Thursday, December 7, 2006
9:00 a.m.

Agenda

9:00 Welcome

9:10 Findings from the Second Annual Consumerism in Health Care Survey

9:40 Q and A

10:15 - 12 noon Reactor Panels:

Reaction from Insurers and Providers

Reaction from Employers, Consultants, and Taft-Hartley Plans

Summary and Final Reaction Panel

Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund
- Paul Fronstin, Senior Research Associate, EBRI
- Sara Collins, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund
- James Bentley, American Hospital Association
- Karen Atwood, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
- Jeff Munn, Hewitt Associates
- Barbara Gniewek, Deloitte Consulting
- Steve Barger, Kentucky State District Council of Carpenters Health & Welfare, Pension and Annuity Trust Funds
- Joe Antos, American Enterprise Institute
- Jon Gabel, Center for Studying Health System Change
A webcast of this EBRI/Commonwealth Fund briefing will be available later today at www.KaiserNetwork.org.