BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM\nThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC A) was signed into law in 2010. The focus of the law was to provide bet ter and more affordable health insurance coverage for all. This include s expanding access to health insurance to over 30 million Americans and lowering Medicare spending. Soon after the passage of the bill\, many states filed lawsuits. One of these lawsuits challenging the constituti onality of the law is now before the Supreme Court where oral arguments were heard in March\, 2012. How will the Supreme Court's ruling affect PPACA? How is payment reform in Massachusetts related to national heal th care reform? What is the future of national health care reform? Joi n us for a discussion of the latest issues.\nPANELISTS\nStuart Altman\, PhD\, is the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at Bra ndeis University. He is an economist whose research interests are prima rily in the area of federal and state health policy. Among his many pro fessional achievements\, he served 12 years as Chairman of the congress ionally legislated Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPac) f ormed to advise Congress and the Administration on the functioning of t he Medicare Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) Hospital Payment System and other system reforms. He is also Chair of The Health Industry Forum whi ch brings together diverse group leaders from across the health care fi eld to develop solutions for critical problems facing the healthcare sy stem.\nJudyAnn Bigby\, MD\, is Secretary of the Executive Office of Hea lth and Human Services of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She overs ees 17 state agencies and serves in the Cabinet of Governor Deval Patri ck. One of Secretary Bigby's top priorities is ensuring the state deli vers high-quality and accessible services to Massachusetts residents. P rior to becoming Secretary\, she was medical director of Community Heal th Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.\nDonald Berwick\, MD\, (Invited) is the former President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvemen t\, an organization he co-founded and led for over 20 years. In July 2 010\, President Obama appointed Dr. Berwick to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &\; Medicaid Services\, a position he held unti l December 2011. A pediatrician by background\, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Berwick served two terms on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) governing Council\, was a membe r of the IOM's Global Health Board\, and served on President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcar e Industry.\nMODERATOR: Michael Dukakis was born in Brookline and began his political career as an elected Town Meeting member. He was elected chairman of the Town's Democratic organization in 1960 and won a seat in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1962. He was elected Governor of M assachusetts in 1974\, and served again from 1983 until 1991. Since June 1991\, Dukakis has been Distinguished Professor of Political Science a t Northeastern University and Visiting Professor at The School of Publi c Policy at UCLA. His research has focused on national health care poli cy reform and the lessons that national policy-makers can learn from st ate reform efforts. URL:http://brookline.patch.com/events/the-17th-annual-public-health-polic y-forum-health-care-reform SUMMARY:The 17th Annual Public Health Policy Forum Health Care Reform LOCATION:Brookline Senior Center: 93 Winchester St\, Brookline\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR