Reinsurance Institute: Final Meeting

Thursday, July 19, 2007

The Reinsurance Model: Generic Development and State Implementaiton

This session will lay out the steps of modeling. How did the team construct a generic reinsurance model and how did the team tailor it to each state? What assumptions were made and how was the model checked for validity?

Randall R. Bovbjerg
Principal Research Associate, Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute

A. Bowen Garrett
Senior Research Associate, Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute

PowerPoint Slides

State Policymaking and Reinsurance (A): Washington, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island

The states participating in the Institute will discuss the reinsurance aspects of their state's proposed reforms, how those proposals fit into pre-existing state health reforms, how the proposals have changed during the modeling time-line, and the usefulness of participating in modeling.

Jenny Hamilton
Senior Policy Analyst
Governor's Office of Financial Management
State of Washington
PowerPoint Slides

Milda Aksamitauskas
Senior Policy Analyst
Department of Health and Family Services

James Johnston
Executive Policy and Budget Manager
Department of Administration
State of Wisconsin
PowerPoint Slides

Anya Rader Wallack
Consultant, Office of Health Insurance Commissioner
State of Rhode Island
PowerPoint Slides

State Policymaking and Reinsurance (B): Illinois, Montana, and New Jersey

Several other states have examined reinsurance both as a means to expand coverage and within the context of larger health care reforms. Illinois, Montana, and New Jersey will outline their respective reforms proposals.

Jim Jordan
Research and Policy Associate
Illinois Division of Insurance
PowerPoint Slides

Christina Goe
Attorney, Department of Insurance and Securities
Montana State Auditor's Office

Neil Vance
Chief Actuary
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
PowerPoint Slides

Evolving State-Specefic Outputs and Making the Institute's Final Report Useful to Policymakers

The Reinsurance Institute team will present evolving quantitative and qualitative results from interactions with each state and discuss with attendees the content and organization of the final report.

Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
Vice President, AcademyHealth

Randall R. Bovbjerg
Principal Research Associate, Heath Policy Center
The Urban Institute

A. Bowen Garrett
Senior Research Associate, Heath Policy Center
The Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides

Karl Ideman
President
Pool Administrators, Inc.