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Stepping Up to Achieve Healthcare Access:
Locally to Nationally

Keynote Speakers
Agenda

9:30 am
Keynote Speaker – What Does It Really Take To Create Health Policy Reform?

Aranthan S. Jones II “AJ”
Director of Policy & Research
Office of the Majority Whip, US House of Representatives, The Honorable Jim Clyburn (SC-06)

AJ is directly responsible for legislation in the Ways and Means committee, Foreign Relation committee, and Energy and Commerce committee. AJ’s position in the Majority Whip’s office makes him the highest ranking African American healthcare advisor and the only African American policy director in the leadership of US House of Representatives. [See complete bio]

Noon
LUNCH
Healthcare and Its Role in the 2008 Election

Sara R. Collins, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for the Program on the Future of Health Insurance
The Commonwealth Fund

Sara R. Collins is assistant vice president for the Program on the Future of Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund. She is an economist whose responsibilities include survey development, research and policy analysis, as well as program development and management for the Fund's health care coverage and access program. Prior to joining the Fund, Dr. Collins was associate director/senior research associate at the New York Academy of Medicine, Division of Health and Science Policy. [See complete bio]

9:15 am
Keynote – A Look at the Emerging Healthcare Policies for the Two Major Parties.

Mary Ella Payne
Vice President, System Legislative Leadership
Ascension Health

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