Thursday, August 13, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon CDT
190 South LaSalle Street
40th Floor, Adams Room
Chicago, Illinois
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8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks – Introduction to Event and Speakers
Peter Fotos, Director of Government Relations
The Heartland Institute
8:15 a.m. A Primer on Consumer-Driven Health Care
Merrill Matthews, President
Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI)
PowerPoint Presentation - Presentation in PDF
9:00 a.m. Mandatory Coverage and the Public Plan Option: The True Costs of Health Care
Discussion leader: Peter Fotos, The Heartland Institute
PowerPoint Presentation
Comments by: Doug Andrews, Argus Financial
PowerPoint Presentation
10:00 a.m. Protecting the Patient to Doctor Relationship – Emerging Issues
Discussion leader: Dr. Robert Hamilton
PowerPoint Presentation
11:00 a.m. Health Care Marketplace Innovation
Greg Westcott, founder and president, giantHSA
Dean Mason, chief executive officer, HSABank
PowerPoint Presentation
11:45 a.m. An Update from the Front Lines
Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president, Illinois Policy Institute
Joe Calomino, state director, Americans for Prosperity - IL
12:00 noon Closing Remarks
