Beyond the ACA: Health Policy and Sustainable Health Spending

The Affordable Care Act and the basic structure of the 52-year old Medicaid program remain front and center in today’s policy and political discussions. But what comes next? How will the gargantuan health sector be affected across multiple dimensions, including long-term care, prices, jobs, coverage, quality, and equity? And what is the outlook for health care cost control and sustainability in the medium- and long-term?

Altarum's 7th annual sustainable health spending symposium, which took place on July 18, 2017 in Washington DC, featured a distinguished panel of experts who sought to address to these questions. If you were unable to attend the event or would like a revisit the material, you can view a video recording of the full conference and download presenters' slides. Use the linked images below to navigate to different sessions within the recording.

Session 1:
The Budget and Future Policy Landscape

Slides

• Beyond the ACA: Health Policy and Sustainable Health Spending - Drew Altman*
• Health Care Spending Today and in the Future:Impacts on Federal Deficits and Debt - Jessica Banthin

Session 2:
Long Term Care in America: Problems, Policies, and Prospects

Slides

• Long-Term Care in America: Problems, Policies, and Prospects - Anne Montgomery
• Integrating LTSS into Medicare for the Individuals Over the Age of 65 - Rodney Whitlock
• Beyond the ACA: Long Term Care in America Over the Next FiveYears - John Cutler
• Long Term Care Problems, Policies, and Prospects: State Perspective - Hemi Tewarson

Session 3:
Health, Health Care, and Cost Drivers

Slides

• Let’s Be Real about Our Health Spending Problem - Darrell Gaskin
• Do We Want to Control Health Care Costs? - Chapin White
• High Cancer Prescription Drug Prices: Causes, Consequences, Reform Opportunities - Rena Conti
• The Health Spending Slowdown of 2008-2013: Implications for Sustainability - Charles Roehrig

Session 4:
Beyond the ACA: Repeal, Replace, Repair, Reconstitute - The Outlook

Slides

• Medicaid Expansion and the ACA: The View From Michigan - John Ayanian
• The Outlook for Health Reform - James Capretta

*Regrettably, Drew Altman was not able to attend the Symposium, but these are the slides he would have presented.