2024 Symposium on Health Policy
Join us in the heart of Washington, D.C., for a one-day public conference to discuss health policy in 2025 and beyond. Hear from congressional committee leaders, the Congressional Budget Office health director, federal legislative directors, policy experts, employer purchasers, journalists, philanthropists, and academics as they discuss how to achieve a healthier and more prosperous America.
Organizer: Ge Bai, Johns Hopkins University
Dress code: Business casual
Online registration is now closed. In line with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center event procedure, please bring valid identification to register onsite (pending space availability).
Agenda
| Time | Event |
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| 7:45-8:10 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:10-8:15 a.m. | Opening remarks - Goker Aydin, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
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| 8:15-9 a.m. | Panel #1: Healthcare spending - Senator Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
- Representative Kevin Hern, Oklahoma, District 1
- Moderator: Theo Merkel, Paragon Health Institute & Manhattan Institute
- Chapin White, Congressional Budget Office
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| 9:15-10 a.m | Panel #2: Health policy 2025 & beyond - Joe Antos, American Enterprise Institute
- Scott Atlas, Hoover Institution
- Brian Blase, Paragon Health Institute
- Moderator: Michael F. Cannon, Cato Institute
- Joe Grogan, USC Schaeffer Institute
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| 10:15-11 a.m. | Panel #3: Views from the Hill - Patrick Dumas, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Grace Graham, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Moderator: Avik Roy, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
- Conor Sheehey, Senate Committee on Finance
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| 11:15 – Noon | Panel #4: Free speech in medicine - Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University
- Moderator: David Hyman, Georgetown University
- Marty Makary, Johns Hopkins University
- Representative Greg Murphy, North Carolina, District 3
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| Noon – 1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1 - 1:45 p.m. | Panel #5: Employer-sponsored health insurance - Cynthia Fisher, PatientRightsAdvocate.org
- Bret Jackson, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
- Elizabeth Mitchell, Purchaser Business Group on Health
- Moderator: Chris Pope, Manhattan Institute
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| 2-2:45 p.m. | Panel #6: Physician leadership in the public square - Scott Atlas, Hoover Institution
- Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University
- Marty Makary, Johns Hopkins University
- Joseph Marine, Johns Hopkins University
- Moderator: Phil Phan, Johns Hopkins University
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| 3-3:45 p.m. | Panel #7: Journalist perspectives on healthcare affordability and access - Dan Diamond, The Washington Post
- Moderator: Caitlin Owens, Axios
- Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News
- John Tozzi, Bloomberg News
- Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News
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| 4-4:45 p.m. | Panel #8: Philanthropy and health policy - Moderator: Ge Bai, Johns Hopkins University
- Cynthia Fisher, PatientRightsAdvocate.org
- Mairin Mancino, Peterson Center on Healthcare
- Leck Shannon, Stand Together
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| 4:45-5 p.m. | Closing remarks - Phil Phan, Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
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| 5-6:30 p.m. | Reception |
The schedule of the members of Congress is subject to change pending votes and committee business. If a schedule change occurs, the talk will be delivered by staff.