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Friday, April 8 • 1:40pm - 3:00pm
Surprise medical bills, runaway drug prices and the emerging consumer protection agenda

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Even as Obamacare continues to drive political debate, Americans are increasingly concerned about more basic health care issues: how much drugs costs, whether doctors are in-network, what health plan cover, even how to compare plans and understand out-of-pocket costs. We’ll look at this emerging part of the healthcare agenda, how government officials, health insurers and consumer advocates are taking it on and how reporters can smartly cover it.
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Noam N. Levey

Noam N. Levey is national health care reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Tribune Washington Bureau. His stories about the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid and other domestic and global health care issues appear regularly in newspapers nationwide, including the Los Angeles... Read More →

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Chuck Bell

Chuck Bell is programs director for Consumers Union, the policy and action division of Consumer Reports. Bell works on Consumers Union’s priority advocacy campaigns, including health insurance reform, surprise medical bills, patient safety and prescription drugs. During his 26 years... Read More →
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Peter Lee

Peter Lee is the executive director of Covered California. Lee served in the Obama Administration, helping establish the Center for Medicaid and Medical Innovation. He has served as the director of delivery system reform at the federal Health and Human Services’ Office of Health... Read More →
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Marilyn Tavenner

Marilyn Tavenner was recently named president and chief executive officer of America’s Health Insurance Plans. Tavenner served as administrator/principal deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from 2010 through early 2015. She led work to implement... Read More →

Friday April 8, 2016 1:40pm - 3:00pm EDT
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