Friday, April 27, 2007:
9:00 – 9:45: Jean de Kervasdoue, “The United States and France: A Comparison On the Basis of Health Status”
Comments: Gwyn Bevan
9:45 – 10:00: Monika Steffan, “Beveridge versus Bismarck: France/Germany and the Promise and Limits of Social Policy Models”
Comments: Joe White
10:00 – 10:15: Coffee
10:00 – 11:15: Claus Wendt, “Translating Monetary Inputs Into Service Provision: A Comparative Study of US, UK, and Germany”
Comments: Jean de Kervasdoue
11:15 – 12:00: Joe White, “How Not to Learn Lessons from the U.S.”
Comments: Kieke Okma
12:15 – 12:45: Break – lunch and walk about
2:15 – 3:00: Kieke Okma, “Health Reform: The Experience of Six Smaller Democracies”
Comments: Hans Maarse and Richard Freeman
3:00 – 3:45: Richard Freeman Discussion
Comments: Joe White and Iris Geva-May
3:45 – 4:15: Break
4:15 – 5:00: Iris Geva-May comments on the importance of Comparative Policy Analysis Methodology
5:15 – 6:00: General discussion moderated by Ted Marmor and Iris Geva-May
6:15 – 9:15: Drinks and Dinner at the New Haven Lawn Club
Saturday, April 28, 2007:
U.S. & Comparative & Health Perspective
Connecticut Reform—Opportunities & Constraints
Workshop/Conference Plan
Morning: Reflections Cross Nationally: US in Comparative Perspective
9:00 – 10:30: Panel of Comparativists I:
Claus Wendt (Germany); Jean de Kervasdoue (France); Gwyn Bevan (UK)
11:00 – 12:30: Panel of Comparativisits II:
Kieke Okma (Netherlands); Richard Freeman (UK); Ted Marmor (US)
12:30 – 2:00: Lunch: GM Room, 55 Hillhouse. All conference participants
Reflections on US Experience Historically
2:00 - 4:00:
Lessons from 1993-94 and before: US Specialists
Jim Morone (Brown University); Larry Brown (Columbia University); Mark Schlesinger (Yale University): invited to be on panel.
4:00 - 5:30: Open Discussion, moderated by Ted Marmor
5:30 - 6:30: Cocktail party & Award Reception, 55 Hillhouse Avenue: All conference participants.
Iris Geva-May, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and ICPA-Forum founder, presents Ted Marmor, Richard Freeman and Kieke Okma with the prize for 'Best JCPA Article, 2005' (Vol.7:4) on the promise and perils of comparative health policy research entitled "Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning in the World of Health Care." JCPA 2005 Best Article Prize is awarded on behalf of the Reviewing Committee (Iris Geva-May, Editor-in Chief, Michel Howlett, SFU, Co-Editor and Committee Chair, Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Tina Radma, University of Tartu, Estonia).
Dinner: Invited guests – New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue
Sunday, April 29, 2007:
Connecticut Reform Opportunities & Constraints
9:00 -10:30: Implications for State-led Reform: Connecticut’s Opportunities and Constraints
Presentation by Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
Panel of Commentators: to be invited.
11:00 - 12:30: State-led Reform and/or Federal Action
Panel: Tom Oliver, Jerry Mashaw, Jacob Hacker, Len Rodberg & Sid Socolar